Budget jam pie: how to make a simple dough

This cake is a versatile dessert for tea that requires very little of your time and money. For the filling, homemade jam made from seasonal berries and fruits is perfect. The dough is made with margarine or lard. In addition, the top layer is simply grated – quite quickly and extremely tasty.

The idea of making a budget pie with jam is published on the cooking page with the nickname filanna.cooking on Instagram.

Ingredients:

• flour – 400-450 g
• margarine – 100 g
• butter – 100 g
• sugar – 100 g
• vanilla sugar – 1 sachet
• eggs – 2 pcs
• baking powder – 1 tsp

Ingredients for the filling:

• jam – 250-300 g

Method of preparation:

1. Make the dough: add baking powder, cold margarine, and butter to the flour.

2. Chop with a knife and then rub into crumbs with your hands.

3. In this recipe, if there is no lard, you can add margarine or butter 200 g.

4. Add sugar and vanilla sugar. Mix well.

5. Add the eggs and knead a soft and elastic dough.

6. Divide the dough into two parts, wrap it in cling film or a plastic bag, and put the smaller part in the freezer and the larger part in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

7. Form the pie: take part of the dough out of the refrigerator and roll it out on parchment.

8. Transfer the dough with the parchment to the mold.

9. Spread the jam. Smooth it out.

10. Take the second part of the dough out of the freezer and grate it on top of the jam on a coarse grater.

11. Put in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 35-40 minutes.

12. Be more precise about the time according to your oven.

13. The cake should be browned.

14. Cool the finished cake completely before cutting it into portions.