The perfect yeast dough for pies with any filling: how to cook

A good dough is the key to success for Ukrainian housewives when cooking any kind of pastry. To make your favorite pies perfectly, you just need to use a proven recipe.

This is the recipe for the perfect yeast dough for pies with any filling shared on her Instagram page by photographer and food blogger Anna grennysmith.

Ingredients for the dough:

• Warm milk - 250 ml
• Sugar - 1 tbsp
• Flour - 2 tbsp
• Dry yeast - 2.5 tsp.

Ingredients for the dough:

• Flour - 550-580 g
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Sugar - 50 g
• Butter at room temperature - 80 g
• Large egg - 2 pcs.
• All the ingredients.

Method of preparation:

1. For the dough, pour dry yeast, sugar, flour into warm milk, mix until smooth, cover the cup with a saucer, leave for 15-20 minutes to activate the yeast and create a foamy "cap".

2. For the dough, add salt and sugar to the flour, pour in the melted butter at room temperature, break the eggs, add the dough, and knead the dough. The dough should be soft and not sticky.

3. Cover the cup with the dough, put it in a warm place to double in size, about an hour.

4. Then it can be used to bake pies with any filling.