Lenten dough for pies - 6 delicious recipes

Lean dough for pies is soft and pliable, suitable for any sweet or savory filling. Even during Lent, your family will not be left without a tasty addition to tea or other drinks. The dough is kneaded without adding milk and eggs. Most often, flour is mixed with drinking water, vegetable broth or mineral water. We will tell you about all possible recipes.

Lenten pie dough with dry yeast

Lenten dough for pies with dry yeast is very easy to knead. At the same time, fast-acting yeast allows the dough to rise very well. The pies turn out rosy, airy and light, you will definitely like them.

1. 
   Warm up the water a little. Pour it into a large bowl and dissolve the instant yeast in it. Pay attention to their expiration date, otherwise the dough may not turn out well.
2. 
   Add salt to the yeast mixture and stir.
3. 
   Add a tablespoon of sugar, stir the mixture with a spoon.
4. 
   Next, add vegetable oil to the contents of the bowl and mix the mixture well.
5. 
   Now gradually add wheat flour, sift it through a fine sieve.
6. 
   Once all the flour has been added, knead the dough with your hands for 6-8 minutes until it becomes smooth and no longer sticks to your hands.
7. 
   Grease a bowl with vegetable oil and place the dough into it. Cover the bowl with a damp towel and leave the dough to rise in a warm place for at least an hour.
8. 
   The dough will at least double in volume. Knead it with your hands and you can make pies. Bon appetit!

Lenten dough without yeast for pies

Lenten dough without yeast for pies can be useful not only during Lent. Such a simple dough goes harmoniously with any filling, and the baked goods are a little reminiscent of puff pastries. If you want to use a sweet filling, you can add sugar to the dough to taste.

Cooking time – 45 min.

Cooking time – 10-15 min.

Portions – 2.

Ingredients:

• Premium wheat flour – 380 gr.
• Baking powder for dough – 1 tsp.
• Table salt – 1 pinch.
• Hot drinking water – 0.5 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil – 0.5 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Measure out all the necessary ingredients for kneading the lean dough. Combine vegetable oil and hot water in a bowl. Add salt to the resulting mixture.

Step 2. Next, sift the wheat flour and baking powder through a fine sieve.

Step 3. Knead the dough until it is smooth and not sticky. Gather the finished dough into a ball, cover it with a bowl or cling film and let rest for half an hour. The dough will then be ready to be molded. Bon appetit!

Lenten potato dough for pies

Lenten potato dough for pies is an excellent option for savory baked goods.The dough is kneaded without eggs or dairy products, however, it holds its shape well. Pies filled with eggs, mushrooms or vegetables are very tasty.

Cooking time – 60 min.

Cooking time – 20-25 min.

Portions – 1.

Ingredients:

• Salt – 1 pinch.
• Potatoes – 2-3 pcs.
• Premium wheat flour – 250 gr.
• Drinking water – 70 ml.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Peel and wash the potatoes. Cut each tuber into several parts and boil in salted water until tender.

Step 2. Using a potato masher, mash the boiled potatoes.

Step 3. In a bowl, mix the sifted wheat flour and salt.

Step 4. Then add mashed potatoes to the bowl with flour. Gradually add water and knead the dough into pies. When the dough is very thick, place it on the work surface and knead with your hands.

Step 5. Wrap the finished potato dough in cling film and place in the refrigerator for 40 minutes. Then you can make pies from it. Bon appetit!

Lenten choux pastry for pies in the oven

Lean choux pastry for pies in the oven turns out dense, but elastic, and does not tear when rolled out. They call it custard because it is mixed with boiling water and flour, as if brewed, giving the dough a viscous consistency.

Cooking time - 10 min.

Cooking time - 10 min.

Portions – 3-4.

Ingredients:

• Cool boiling water – 1 tbsp.
• Premium wheat flour – 2 tbsp.
• Table salt – 1 tsp.
• Odorless vegetable oil – 20 ml.

Cooking process:

Step 1. The list of ingredients is very short, and all products can be found in every kitchen. Measure them in the required quantity.

Step 2. Sift flour and salt into a deep bowl. Make a well in the middle of the mixture.

Step 3.First pour vegetable oil into this hole, then boiling water. Stir the mixture very quickly with a spoon. And when the dough has cooled a little, continue kneading it with your hands.

Step 4. The choux pastry for pies is ready for further work; you can roll it out and fill the pies with any filling. Bon appetit!

Lenten dough with potato broth for pies

Lenten dough made with potato broth for pies is light, tender and airy. But this is very important for baked goods, so that it does not become cakey and melts in your mouth. The dough is easy to knead and is ideal for delicious homemade baking.

Cooking time – 100 min.

Cooking time – 40 min.

Portions – 4.

Ingredients:

• Premium wheat flour – 3 tbsp.
• Pressed yeast – 40 gr.
• Sugar – 1 tsp.
• Refined vegetable oil – 4 tbsp.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Potato decoction – 250 ml.

Cooking process:

Step 1. To get potato broth, place peeled potatoes in a saucepan, cover with water and cook. When the potatoes are ready, pour the broth into a bowl. Crumble the yeast into the broth that has cooled to 40 degrees.

Step 2. Add sugar and salt to the yeast mixture and mix well.

Step 3. Pour most of the sifted flour into the yeast mixture.

Step 4. Also add vegetable oil. First mix the dough with a spoon or spatula, gradually add the remaining flour.

Step 5: Then turn the dough out onto a floured surface and continue kneading it with your hands.

Step 6. Before you start sculpting the pies, the dough must be allowed to proof in a warm place for 45-60 minutes. Stewed cabbage or mushrooms with onions are perfect for the filling. Bon appetit!

Lenten mineral water dough for pies

Lenten mineral water dough for pies is, on the one hand, very simple, but the result will exceed all your expectations. With such fluffy and delicious pies, you are guaranteed a warm, cozy evening with your family over aromatic tea.

Cooking time – 1 hour 20 minutes

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Portions – 12-16.

Ingredients:

• Sugar – 2 tsp.
• Premium wheat flour – 500 gr.
• Mineral water – 320 ml.
• Vegetable oil – 1.5 tbsp.
• Table salt – 1.5 tsp.
• Dry yeast – 1.5 tbsp.
• Odorless vegetable oil – 1.5 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Prepare all products in the required quantities, according to the list of ingredients.

Step 2. Pour 150 milliliters of mineral water into a bowl of suitable volume, add dry yeast and sugar. Leave the resulting yeast mass for 10-15 minutes.

Step 3. Sift the wheat flour through a sieve into a separate bowl.

Step 4. Add one and a half teaspoons of salt to the flour and pour in the vegetable oil.

Step 5. Next, pour the yeast mass and the remaining mineral water into the bowl with flour.

Step 6: First, stir the contents of the bowl with a spoon or spatula. When the mixture becomes very thick, knead the dough with your hands. Gather the dough into a ball, cover the bowl with cling film and leave in a warm place for an hour.

Step 7. During this time, the dough will greatly increase in volume. Knead it with your hands again and start forming the pies. Bon appetit!