Oven-Baked Yeast Pies: Soft, Fluffy Treats with Any Filling

Incredibly tasty, fluffy, soft, tender, airy! You can make rich yeast pies in the oven with any filling, sweet or savory. For me itʼs apples, raisins and sugar. They are baked in the oven, so they don’t stain your hands with grease. They are convenient to take with you on the road, to work, or on a picnic.
cook time: 2h 30 min
Maya Lindell
Oven-Baked Yeast Pies: Soft, Fluffy Treats with Any Filling

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

232
Calories
7g
Fat
34g
Carbs
6g
Protein

Ingredients (16 portions)

For dough:

Eggs 2 pc
Sugar 70 g
Salt 0.75 tsp
Dry yeast 2 tsp
Milk 200 ml
Butter 75 g
Wheat flour 470 g

For filling:

Apples 3 pc
Sugar 2 tbsp
Raisin 60 g
Ground cinnamon 0.5 tsp

For the top of the pies:

Eggs 1 pc

To grease the mold:

Vegetable oil 1 tsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to bake rich yeast pies? Prepare the necessary ingredients to prepare the dough. All products should be at room temperature. Take the highest grade flour. With it, yeast baked goods will be especially fluffy and voluminous.

Step 2

Step 2
To activate the yeast, in a small bowl, combine 1 tsp. sugar, yeast and 50 ml of milk. The milk should be warm (35-38 degrees, no higher). Mix everything, leave for 15-20 minutes until a foamy “cap” appears. If you don’t get such a cap, replace the yeast. Read about yeast in a separate article at the end of the recipe.

Step 3

Step 3
Sift the flour through a fine sieve into a suitable wide bowl. This will enrich the flour with oxygen, and the dough will be more lifting and fluffy.

Step 4

Step 4
Melt the butter over low heat, cool slightly.

Step 5

Step 5
To prepare the dough, take a wide and stable bowl so that it is convenient to knead the dough. The container must have the required volume and height so that the dough has enough room to rise. Beat eggs with salt until smooth.

Step 6

Step 6
Add sugar and beat again.

Step 7

Step 7
Add the suitable yeast and the remaining milk, stir.

Step 8

Step 8
Melt the butter in any way convenient for you. Cool it slightly and add melted butter to the dough. Stir.

Step 9

Step 9
Add sifted flour. You can do this again through a sieve. Do not add all the flour at once. Depending on the properties of the flour, you may need a little more or less, check the consistency. Read about the properties of flour in a separate article under the steps. Mix the dough first with a spoon.

Step 10

Step 10
Then add flour in small portions, stirring the dough each time and observing its consistency.

Step 11

Step 11
The dough turns out very soft and pliable. It may stick to your hands quite a bit. Donʼt try to fix this by adding flour as you wonʼt end up with a stiff dough. This dough will take a long time to rise, and the baking will be heavy. Cover the dough with a towel and leave to rise in a warm place for 1.5-2 hours.

Step 12

Step 12
Prepare the ingredients for the filling. You can make any filling for the pies. I settled on apple and raisin filling. Adjust the amount of sugar to taste depending on the sweetness of the apples. Clean the raisins from debris, rinse and dry.

Step 13

Step 13
Wash the apples, dry them, remove peels and seeds. Cut the apples into small cubes.

Step 14

Step 14
Add washed and dried raisins, sugar, cinnamon. Mix everything well.

Step 15

Step 15
When the dough has increased in volume by 2-2.5 times, you can begin to form the pies.

Step 16

Step 16
Gently knead the dough and place it on a table sprinkled with flour. Divide the dough into equal parts depending on the desired size of the pies.

Step 17

Step 17
Roll each piece of dough into a round cake.

Step 18

Step 18
Place the filling in the middle.

Step 19

Step 19
Form the pie into the desired shape and pinch the edges well.

Step 20

Step 20
Make all the pies this way. Place them on a sheet lined with oiled parchment, seam side down. Cover the pies with a towel and let them rest for 15 minutes.

Step 21

Step 21
In a small bowl, beat the raw egg with a fork until smooth.

Step 22

Step 22
Brush the tops of the pies with beaten egg.

Step 23

Step 23
Bake the pies in an oven preheated to 180C for about 20-25 minutes until golden brown. Determine the exact baking time and temperature based on your oven. Read about ovens in the article at the end of this recipe. When the pies are ready, remove them from the oven along with the baking sheet.

Step 24

Step 24
Let the finished pies cool and serve. Bon appetit!

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