Quick & Fluffy Oven-Baked Pies Without Yeast

Try amazing pastries right now! To make yeast-free pies in the oven fluffy and soft, it is not necessary to use yeast. You can take what you have on hand: kefir, flour, eggs and butter. And absolutely any filling is suitable for these pies!
cook time: 5h
Lucas Halstead
Quick & Fluffy Oven-Baked Pies Without Yeast

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

305
Calories
14g
Fat
35g
Carbs
6g
Protein

Ingredients (12 portions)

Dough:

Wheat flour 350 g
Butter 140 g
Kefir 80 ml
Eggs 1 pc
Sugar 1 tbsp
Salt 0.5 tsp

Filling:

Black currant 200 g
Sugar 1 tbsp
Starch 1 tbsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make yeast-free pies? Prepare the necessary ingredients for the dough. Butter and kefir should be cold, so donʼt take them out of the refrigerator until you need them. First cut the cold butter into small cubes. Use premium flour.

Step 2

Step 2
Sift the flour into a large bowl.

Step 3

Step 3
Place pieces of butter into flour and rub into crumbs with your hands.

Step 4

Step 4
Combine kefir with egg, sugar and salt and stir thoroughly.

Step 5

Step 5
Pour the kefir-egg mixture into the flour crumbs and quickly knead into a pliable dough. At first the dough is sticky, but gradually it becomes more and more sticky from your hands and becomes homogeneous, soft and elastic. You may need a little less or more flour, depending on the consistency of the dough. Read more about the properties of flour in the article at the end of this recipe.

Step 6

Step 6
Roll the dough into a ball, wrap it in a bag and put it in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours.

Step 7

Step 7
While the dough is chilling, prepare the filling. The dough in these pies is neutral in taste, so the filling can be anything — sweet or savory. I have black currants with sugar.

Step 8

Step 8
Rinse blackcurrants or other berries thoroughly and dry on a paper towel. Add sugar and starch to the berries and stir.

Step 9

Step 9
The starch will thicken the filling while baking.

Step 10

Step 10
Divide the chilled dough into 10-12 pieces.

Step 11

Step 11
Roll out a piece of dough into a medium-sized circle, but not very thin so that the dough does not tear when forming the pie. Place 1 tbsp in the center. l. berries

Step 12

Step 12
Pinch the edges of the dough and form into a neat medium-sized pie. Form all other pies in the same way.

Step 13

Step 13
To grease the pies, beat the egg in a bowl with a fork until the white mixes with the yolk.

Step 14

Step 14
Place the pies on a baking sheet lined with oiled parchment. Brush the surface of the pies with beaten egg. Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake the pies for 20-25 minutes at 180°C until browned. Your time and temperature may vary. Read more about how ovens work in the article at the end of this recipe. Bon appetit!

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