Author: Nia Rouseberg
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minutes
Last Updated:
August 08, 2022
Every housewife dreams that her pies are the most magnificent, beautiful and delicious, of course.
Every housewife dreams that her pies are the most magnificent, beautiful and delicious, of course. And for this, real chefs have a few simple but effective recommendations.
1. In order for the dough product to be lush and soft even a day after cooking, potato starch diluted in warm water should be added to the dough.
2. Would you like elf filled cookies? Easily. Roll out the dough according to your favorite recipe into a thin, even circle. In it, cut out small triangles, in which, along the side faces, make two cuts with a knife, one is long, the other is short. The filling is placed in the unaffected middle, the corners - the base faces of the triangle are wrapped. Then the product is baked, turning into an interesting openwork cookie.
3. When preparing the dough, make sure that all products are at room temperature. If the ingredients are cold, the baked goods will rise worse.
4. It often happens that dough products stick to the baking sheet. Trying to separate it with iron and wooden spatulas, you can break the shape. Take a thread, preferably silk, and run it along the bottom of the dish. So damage, if any, is minimal.
5. Do you want to cook minipizza in a new way and surprise your guests? Lubricate the rolled pizza dough with ketchup, sprinkle with grated hard cheese, and spread thinly sliced sausage on top, you can add mushrooms, hunting sausages, boiled meat. So far everything is as usual, right? Then we roll the dough into a roll and cut it into small pieces. Get mini rolls. They should be sent to a preheated oven for 15-20 minutes.
6. Don't know how to decorate a sweet cake beautifully? You will need some apples and sugar. Cut the apples into thin, as long ribbons as possible, using a sharp knife or vegetable cutter. Roll ribbons into roses. Place them on top of the cake. They can be sprinkled with sugar, cinnamon or pour over the finished caramel. After baking, the roses will acquire a beautiful golden hue.
7. When cooking, the unpleasant property of the dough greatly annoys the housewives - sticking to their hands. There is an old proven way - flour. But, as it turned out, you can solve the problem even easier if you put rapeseed oil on your palms before kneading the dough.
8. We are used to using opaque dark forms for baking. However, it is more convenient to use glass heat-resistant dishes. Thanks to her, you will be able to observe how close the dough is to the moment of readiness.
9. Want to make two-tone croissants easily and simply? Divide the ingredients for the croissant dough in half. With one half, do as usual. In another, add 3-4 tbsp. spoons of confectionery cocoa. Next, roll out two identical circles from both dough. Put the light dough on the bottom, and the dark one on top, or vice versa, cut into small triangles and roll into tubes. And then bake. Here are two-color croissants.
10. Beautiful chocolate icing on the cake is the pride of any housewife. And her recipe is simple, like all ingenious. After covering your masterpiece with glaze, return it to the oven for 2-3 minutes. As a result, you will get an almost mirror-like shine.