Classic Yeast Dough Apple Pie - A Time-tested Recipe

Kitchen appliances and utensils:

• sieve;
• a bowl;
• tablespoon;
• silicone brush;
• a small bowl;
• plate;
• knife;
• processor for kneading dough and multicooker (optional);
• baking dish (diameter 28 cm);
• oven.

Ingredients

Step cooking

1. Sift flour (350 grams) into a bowl or bowl of the processor.
   
2. Add the dry ingredients to the sifted flour: sugar (2 tablespoons), vanilla sugar (10 grams), salt (1 pinch), dry yeast (6 grams), and pour in warm milk, its temperature should not exceed 40 degrees (150 ml ) and beat the chicken egg (1 piece).
   
3. Knead the dough with a spoon or using a processor so that the flour absorbs liquid ingredients, and the dough takes the form of a lump.
   
4. Add softened butter (60 grams) to the dough and knead the dough so that it becomes elastic and does not stick to your hands. In the process of kneading, you may need to add flour (not more than 20 grams). If you will knead the dough in the processor, then do it at medium speed for 10 minutes, and if with your hands, then look at the properties of the test.
   
5. Transfer the well-kneaded dough into the dishes, previously greased with vegetable oil, and put in a warm place for 2 hours to lift: the dough should be doubled at least.
   
   Did you know? You can put the dough in a greased multicooker bowl and turn on the appliance in the "Multi-cook" mode at a temperature of 30 degrees for 2 hours or put in a heated and turned off oven with the door closed.
6. When the dough rises, take it out on the table and knead a little to let the air out. We begin to form a cake.
   
7. Dust the table with flour and immediately roll all the dough into a circle about 1 cm thick.
   
8. Put it in the prepared form (greased and dusted with flour) and cut off the excess. From these scraps, the top of the pie will be formed: a net, flowers or other decorations, which your fantasy tells you.
   
9. Sprinkle semolina or starch along the bottom of the cake (2 tablespoons) and spread evenly over the entire surface with a silicone brush. This is necessary so that the juice released from the apples does not wet the dough.
   
10. Put prepared apples on top (wash 5-6 fruits, peel and cut into small slices) and evenly distribute throughout the whole mold. It is better to peel and cut the apples just before laying in the pie so that they do not darken.
    
11. Sprinkle apples with sugar and cinnamon to taste.
    
12. Collect the dough pieces into a lump and roll them into a circle, on which make small cuts with a sharp knife, placing them in a checkerboard pattern.
    
13. Stretch the dough slightly and cover the apples with the edges turned inward.
    
14. Trim the edges that are too protruding and form decorations in the form of buds and leaflets or at your own discretion from the rest of the dough.
    
15. Do not leave the cake for proofing, but immediately grease the surface of the cake with a sprinkled egg with a small pinch of salt.
    
16. Turn on the oven 180 degrees and put the pie in the cold. While the oven is warming up, the dough has time to rise.This method is called "cold start". On average, a cake is baked for about an hour, but you are guided by your oven and the appearance of the cake: the top should be beautifully browned.
    
17. Serve the cake slightly cooled with fruit compote or black tea.
    

Video recipe

In the process of making yeast dough, many questions always arise: what if the dough does not work? Did you get the correct consistency? How to make cake decorations? This video will answer all these and many other questions.

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