- Flour – 500 grams.
- Milk – 250 ml.
- Butter – 40 grams.
- Eggs – 2 pieces.
- Raisins – 150 grams.
- Sugar – 150 grams.
- Dry yeast – 15 grams.
- Cinnamon – 1 teaspoon.
- Vanilla sugar – 1 teaspoon.
- Salt – 4 grams.
Peasant families began baking pies. Initially, the dish was prepared in the form of one large pie for the whole family. The man broke off the largest piece, then the treat went to the sons, women, and daughters. But eating baked goods in this way was not very convenient, so the girls came up with a new way of baking.
Small pieces of dough with filling won the love of all family members. Pies are convenient to eat, take with you to work, and share with children. The tradition of creating pies with raisins has firmly entered history and is entrenched in homes in our time. It is also believed that the house where pies are baked is always protected from evil forces.
Yeast dough for raisin pies
There are a lot of recipes for making raisin pies. Baking can be called an anti-crisis dessert. Simple ingredients and a pack of raisins will allow you to create a budget-friendly and delicious baked goods. Pies are made from yeast or puff pastry. The first version of the baking base is airy, and the second is quick to prepare.
The preparation time for the dough for yeast pies with raisins is 120 minutes.
- First, you need to beat one egg, a glass of milk and 20 grams of melted butter in a deep bowl with a mixer for 7 minutes. The mass should increase in volume and become airy.
- Sift the flour through a sieve into a separate container, saturating the product with oxygen in this way.
- Add salt and yeast to flour. Mix the egg-milk mixture with flour. Knead the mixture by hand.
- Transfer to a bowl and cover with cling film, foil or a towel.
- Place the base for raisin pies in a warm place, on a radiator, and leave for 60 minutes.
- After the time has passed, manually lower the mass and transfer it back to heat for another 60 minutes.
From yeast dough
This is a simple, classic raisin pie that baking lovers will love.
The following products are needed:
- three eggs;
- kilogram of wheat flour;
- a glass of granulated sugar;
- half a liter of milk;
- a pinch of salt;
- two large spoons of vegetable oil;
- 120 grams of creamy margarine;
- two large spoons of dry yeast;
- one hundred grams of raisins.
Preparation procedure:
- Place dry yeast in a glass, add boiled water, half a teaspoon of sugar and stir.
- Pour the milk into a saucepan, put it on the stove and heat it to a temperature of about 40 degrees.
- Sort the raisins thoroughly, tear off the stems, rinse them in running water and dry them on a towel.
- Pour sugar into a food processor, pour in heated milk and add the yeast.
- Break two eggs and place them in a food processor. Place margarine, sunflower oil and flour cut into cubes there.
- Turn on the combine for two minutes.
- Add raisins and beat with raisins for another two minutes.
- Place the finished dough on a board sprinkled with flour.
- Grease the inside of the mold with vegetable oil and place the dough in it. Cover with a towel and let rise (about an hour and a half in a warm place).
- When the dough has noticeably increased in volume, brush the top of the future pie with egg yolk and place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees.
- The raisin pie is baked for approximately 45 minutes. Readiness can be determined by using a wooden stick: if the dough does not stick to it, the pie is ready.
You should get a rosy pie with raisins. The photo shows that it resembles an Easter cake. Now you can enjoy tea with delicious pastries.
Puff pastry base
Puff pastry for pies with raisins will be an excellent alternative to yeast if guests suddenly arrive. The blank is sold everywhere and is not expensive. The baked goods take just 20 minutes to prepare and are delicious.
Be sure to defrost puff pastries before cooking. Then roll out into 10x10 squares. Place the filling inside and pinch the edges. Bake puff pastries with raisins in the oven, first coating the baking sheet with semolina.
Baking process
Baked pies with raisins turn out tender and airy. To prepare the baked goods, you need to heat the oven to 180 degrees. Meanwhile, prepare the dough.
- Roll out the cake to a thickness of 5 mm, sprinkle with cinnamon and vanilla sugar.
- Sprinkle the filling over the entire surface of the base.
- Leave 2-3 cm from the edge without a layer.
- Roll the dough into a roll and cut into circles 2 cm wide.
- Wrap the baking sheet in parchment and grease it with oil. Place the preparations on a baking sheet.
- Place the pies in a warm place for 20 minutes to allow the base to rise a little more.
- At this time, beat one egg with a whisk.
- Coat the pastry with the egg mixture.
- Place the pieces in the oven for 30 minutes. Do not open the door during baking; you can check readiness with a toothpick.
- Then remove the baked goods from the oven and place in a large bowl. Dust with powdered sugar and cover with a towel.
Thus, you can make fluffy and airy raisin pies, like in famous restaurants.
You can also make fried raisin pies. To do this, you need to fry the workpiece in a frying pan greased with sunflower oil. Cook with the lid closed, simmer for 15 minutes on each side over low heat.
The calorie content of a raisin pie is 266 kcal per 100 grams or 13% of the daily value. Therefore, you should not gobble up the entire bowl of baked goods at once.
With apples
Raisins go well with apples; this dessert can be considered a classic. From the products you need to take:
- 350 grams of wheat flour;
- a glass of sugar (sand);
- 0.5 kg apples;
- 120 grams of raisins;
- one lemon;
- two chicken eggs;
- a tablespoon of white wine vinegar;
- 160 ml vegetable oil;
- a teaspoon of soda;
- salt for the eye (a pinch).
Prepare as follows:
- Soak the raisins in warm water for a few minutes, then drain the water.
- Turn on the oven to preheat to 180 degrees.
- Remove the core and seeds from the apples and cut into cubes.
- Remove the zest from the lemon into thin strips, squeeze out the juice and sprinkle it over the apples.
- Beat the butter with sugar, add the eggs and beat until the volume doubles.
- Add sifted flour, soda (quench with vinegar) and salt to the mixture.
- Place raisins, lemon zest and apples into the dough and mix thoroughly.
- Place the finished dough in a pan greased with vegetable oil and cover it with parchment.
- Place in the oven for half an hour, remove the parchment and leave for another half hour.
The pie is ready! All that remains is to cool it slightly and serve.
Useful tips
- The dough likes it warm. During cooking, protect the base from drafts and close the window. You can put the mixture in a switched off microwave or slightly preheated oven.
- Do not open the oven door during the first 20 minutes of baking, otherwise the pies will collapse.
- Heat all ingredients to room temperature: eggs, milk, butter. Hot milk will extinguish the yeast and reduce activity. Cold foods will slow down the fermentation process.
- The dough structure will be correct if the recipe contains salt.
- Knead the base with your hands. Pre-grease the dough and hands with sunflower oil. The dough structure will be elastic and tender.
- Roll out the dough in one direction.
- Spread the filling evenly. The layer of raisins should be 2-3 times smaller than the cake layer.
- To create a fragrant crust, additionally grease the workpiece with butter.
It is better to serve the baked goods with warm milk, fruit tea, or homemade yogurt.
From this article you will learn how easy it is to make delicious butter pies with raisins. Get acquainted with a successful recipe for dough that rises well and provides the necessary airiness to baked goods. You will see how to process raisins for filling and shape products. As a result, you will get wonderful, aromatic homemade baked goods.
Ingredients
Name | Quantity |
Wheat flour, premium | 500 g |
Milk | 200 ml |
Chicken eggs | 2 pcs. |
Butter or cream margarine | 50 g |
Dry yeast | 1 tbsp. l. |
Granulated sugar | 1 tbsp. l. |
Vanilla sugar | 5-8 g |
Table salt | pinch |
Vegetable oil | 70-80 ml |
Raisin | 300 g |
Drinking water | 30 ml |
Cooking for the little ones
Can't get your little one to eat something healthy? Bake pumpkin raisin pie. Using the same recipe, you can prepare cottage cheese pastries. Believe me, you won’t be able to pull your baby away from such a tasty morsel by the ears.
Ingredients:
- premium wheat flour – 600 g;
- granulated sugar – 2 cups;
- baking powder – 10 g;
- cottage cheese – 1 kg;
- butter – 350 g;
- pasteurized cow's milk - 0.2 liters;
- chicken egg – 6 pieces;
- raisins – 1 glass.
Preparation:
- First, take the butter out of the refrigerator. We need it to become soft.
- Place the softened butter in a bowl and add 100 g of granulated sugar.
- Manually combine these ingredients with a whisk or mixer until a mass of homogeneous consistency is obtained.
- Sift premium flour into a separate bowl and combine it with baking powder.
- Now we transfer the bulk ingredients into the creamy mass and grind by hand until we obtain a mixture that will resemble crumbs in consistency.
- Transfer the yolks into a deep bowl.
- Grind the cottage cheese separately, breaking up large lumps.
- If the cottage cheese is too wet, then it needs to be squeezed out in gauze.
- Add cottage cheese to egg yolks. Add about half a glass of granulated sugar here.
- Add pasteurized cow's milk to these ingredients and first mix everything with a spatula.
- Now we arm ourselves with a blender or mixer and grind everything until we obtain an airy and tender mass. This will be the filling.
- Place the raisins in a bowl and pour boiling water over them. Add dried and steamed raisins to the curd mass. Stir.
- Take a convenient heat-resistant form and grease it with oil.
- We still have squirrels left. Beat them with a pinch of salt into a strong foam. Add to the filling and stir gently.
- So, put some of the crumbs on the bottom of the heat-resistant form.
- Spread the filling on top in an even layer and sprinkle with the remaining crumbs.
- We will bake the cake for only 25 minutes at a temperature of 180°.
Advice! It's even easier to make a pie with apples and raisins. All you need to do is combine eggs, granulated sugar and flour to make biscuit dough.
A wonderful option for quick baking is raisin pie. It can be prepared from either yeast or unleavened dough, with one raisin or with the addition of fruits, berries, and nuts. This can be a traditional cupcake, cottage cheese pie, or a type of charlotte with raisins.
Step-by-step preparation
- Pour boiling water over the washed raisins and leave for 10-15 minutes to swell.
- Pour warm milk into a deep bowl (temperature approximately 36-37°C).
- Add dry baker's yeast (1 heaped tablespoon) and granulated sugar (1 heaped tablespoon) to the milk.
- Stir and place in a warm place for 10-15 minutes until a “cap” of yeast forms.
- Add table salt (a pinch) to the suitable dough. Place a chicken egg (1 piece) into the dough.
- Add melted butter or margarine (50 grams).
- Pour vanilla sugar (5-8 grams) into the dough.
- Pour vegetable oil (40 ml) into a bowl. Mix the contents of the bowl well.
- Pour pre-sifted wheat flour (500 grams) into the dough in small portions.
- Knead soft, pliable dough. At the initial stage, mix the mixture with a spoon or spatula. When the dough comes together, continue kneading with your hands. Knead until smooth.
- Cover the bowl with the dough with cling film and place in a warm place until the mixture rises. At a temperature of 37-39°C, this will take 20-30 minutes; the dough rising time depends on the quality of the yeast.
- While the dough is rising, start preparing the raisins. Place the steamed raisins in a colander. Transfer to a kitchen towel and spread in a thin layer to dry the raisins.
- Lubricate your hands and work surface (silicone or plastic mat) with vegetable oil (30-40 ml). Place the risen dough on a greased plastic mat and knead it well.
- Divide the dough into 16-20 portions of approximately the same size.
- Roll each piece into a round cake using a rolling pin (or your hands), approximately 5-6 mm thick.
- Place raisins (2 tablespoons) in the middle of the dough.
- Pinch the edges to form a patty. Repeat with all portioned pieces.
- Place the molded pies on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
- Break a chicken egg (1 piece) into a deep plate. Add drinking water (30 ml) to the plate. Beat the egg with water using a fork.
- Brush the surface of the pies with the resulting egg wash using a pastry brush.
- Place the greased pies in the oven, preheated to 180°C. Bake for 15-20 minutes. The finished pies should be covered with a beautiful golden brown crust. After you remove the finished pies from the oven, cover them with a kitchen napkin for a few minutes (4-6). This is done so that the crust softens. Pies can be served warm or cold.
Strawberry pie in a slow cooker
If you like baking pies in a slow cooker, then this recipe is for you. We will use fresh strawberries, but if you don’t have fresh berries, use frozen ones.
Ingredients:
- sugar – 1 tbsp;
- wheat flour – 1.5 tbsp;
- butter – 80 g;
- vanillin - a pinch;
- strawberries – 400 g;
- eggs – 1 pc.;
- milk – 0.5 tbsp;
- baking powder – 1 tsp.
Preparation:
- So, you immediately need to mix the butter, previously softened with sugar, until smooth.
- You should also pour in the milk, beat in the egg, and mix thoroughly again. You can use a whisk to beat the mixture better.
- Add flour, vanillin, baking powder, stir again until smooth.
- Next, let's make the filling. Wash the strawberries and dry them. If the berries are large, cut them in half.
- Let's start testing again. First, you need to grease the multicooker bowl with oil, then pour the dough into it and smooth it out.
- Place strawberries on top.
- Set the “Baking” mode to the working position; as for the time, it is set individually in each multicooker.
Remove the finished pastry from the bowl and let it sit for 15 minutes. Sprinkle the deliciousness with powdered sugar. garnish with strawberry slices and enjoy.