Yeast pie with apricots and kefir jam

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 20 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   We prepare the necessary products for baking a delicious yeast pie with apricots and jam.

2. STEP 2

   

   Pour five hundred grams of sifted flour and fifty grams of sugar into a large bowl.

3. STEP 3

   

   Add half a teaspoon of salt and ten grams of baking powder to the bowl.

4. STEP 4

   

   Pour one teaspoon of vanilla sugar into a bowl.

5. STEP 5

   

   Add eight grams of dry instant yeast to the bowl.

6. STEP 6

   

   Place two egg yolks in a bowl.

7. STEP 7

   

   Pour three hundred milliliters of kefir at room temperature into a common bowl and knead the dough for about five minutes.

8. STEP 8

   

   Add fifty grams of butter to the bowl with the dough and continue kneading.

9. STEP 9

   

   Pour one tablespoon of vegetable oil into the bowl with the dough.

10. STEP 10

    

    Grease the dough in a bowl with vegetable oil to prevent a crust from forming and, covering it with a kitchen napkin, place it in a warm place to rise.

11. STEP 11

    

    After ninety minutes, the dough in the bowl had reached the desired condition and had risen well.

12. STEP 12

    

    Grease the table with a small amount of vegetable oil and place the dough out of the bowl, which we then knead well.

13. STEP 13

    

    Divide the dough into two pieces of different sizes.

14. STEP 14

    

    Grease a suitable baking tray with a small amount of butter.

15. STEP 15

    

    We put most of the dough into the mold and distribute it in an even layer, make small sides, and then set it aside for proofing.

16. STEP 16

    

    Cut each of ten apricots into several pieces.

17. STEP 17

    

    Place one hundred grams of jam on top of the dough according to your taste and desire and distribute it in an even layer.

18. STEP 18

    

    Place chopped apricot pieces on top of the jam layer, not too far apart from each other.

19. STEP 19

    

    Place small pieces of butter on top of the apricot layer.

20. STEP 20

    

    Pour a little flour onto the table, then lay out the rest of the dough and knead, after which we make a long sausage out of it and cut off strips from it, which we cut in half.

21. STEP 21

    

    On each formed strip of dough we make cuts in the shape of a herringbone with a knife.

22. STEP 22

    

    We place the prepared strips on the pie and decorate them by linking them on top in the form of a pattern, after which we put them to proof.

23. STEP 23

    

    After twenty-five minutes, brush the pie with beaten egg and place the pan on the bottom shelf of an oven preheated to one hundred and seventy-five degrees to bake the pie.

24. STEP 24

    

    We take the prepared pie out of the oven after twenty to twenty-five minutes, after which we give it a little time to cool and cut into portions.

25. STEP 25

    

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