Apricot pies in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Here are the necessary ingredients for the dough

2. Step 2:

   

   Beat the egg with sugar

3. Step 3:

   

   Add salt and whisk a little more

4. Step 4:

   

   Pour in warm milk. It is better to take milk not too fat, 1.5% will be enough. If the milk is homemade, it is better to dilute with water 50:50

5. Step 5:

   

   Mix dry yeast with flour

6. Step 6:

   

   Now combine the dry and liquid ingredients, mix

7. Step 7:

   

   Add oil last

8. Step 8:

   

   With a spoon, and then knead the dough with your hands. You need to knead for 10-15 minutes, as they say - "until it stops sticking to your hands". I usually entrust this process to the bread maker, she helps me a lot in this!

9. Step 9:

   

   The dough is well kneaded, beautiful, smooth, smooth and elastic

10. Step 10:

    

    Cover the dough with a towel and leave it alone in a warm place for 1 hour

11. Step 11:

    

    And these are the ingredients for the filling. The recipe is not strict - you may need more or less sugar or apricot, depending on how sweet you like the pies and how much apricot you will fit in 1 pie)

12. Step 12:

    

    We just need to wash the apricots and get rid of the seeds, this process is short-lived, so it's better to do it when the dough is almost ready

13. Step 13:

    

    After an hour, our dough rose very well

15. Step 14:

    

    The photo shows how airy and porous it is, this is even despite the fact that we did not put sourdough, but mixed dry yeast directly with flour - after all, we have fast-acting dry yeast

16. Step 15:

    

    Now we divide the dough into small buns. I got 25 pcs.

17. Step 16:

    

    That's all - now it remains only to make our pies

18. Step 17:

    

    We knead each billet with our hands into a flat cake, put a few apricots and 1-2 teaspoons of sugar

19. Step 18:

    

    We fasten the edges well and get a beautiful pie! We lay it seam up so that the filling does not leak out

20. Step 19:

    

    We put the pies on baking parchment, greased with a little vegetable oil

21. Step 20:

    

    To lubricate the pies, lightly beat the egg

22. Step 21:

    

    Lubricate the pies with egg and they will get a beautiful shiny golden appearance when baking

23. Step 22:

    

    We put it in the oven for proofing for about 15 minutes at a minimum temperature. During this time, the pies will rise well

24. Step 23:

    

    Then bake at 180 degrees until golden brown. The baking time depends on your oven. Today I have an electric oven top +bottom and my baking took only 25 minutes

25. Step 24:

    

    Ready-made pies lightly sprinkle with water, cover with a towel and let cool. The fragrance is simply magnificent!

26. Step 25:

    

    Have a nice tea party!