Bread cakes in the oven

Ruddy, fluffy, tender and aromatic tortillas are simple but delicious homemade baked goods. Bread cakes can be served with first courses or taken with you to the countryside with a barbecue. Of course, bread cakes are most delicious when they are still warm, but they do not lose their freshness for several days.

Whey is included in the recipe for the tortillas that we will bake in the oven. I'm sure many hostesses who cook homemade cottage cheese know a lot of dishes where you can add it. Whey baked goods always turn out to be very aromatic and tender.

In the absence of this ingredient, you can always take water, milk or sour milk (low-fat kefir, sour milk, natural drinking yogurt). True, in this case it will be necessary to slightly adjust the amount of wheat flour.

From the specified number of ingredients, 4 rather large cakes are obtained. After cooling, store the baked goods in a tightly tied plastic bag and container with an airtight lid.

Ingredients

• Wheat flour of the highest grade (550 grams)
• Milk whey (250 milliliters)
• Chicken eggs (2 pieces)
• Vegetable oilVegetable oil (2 tablespoons)
• SugarSugar (1.5 tablespoons)
• Cooking Salt Cooking Salt (1.5 teaspoons)
• Fast acting yeast Fast acting yeast (1 teaspoon)
• White sesame (1 tablespoon)

Directions

1. To prepare bread cakes in the oven, we need the following ingredients: wheat flour, whey, chicken eggs, odorless vegetable oil, granulated sugar, salt, yeast and sesame seeds. Yeast is suitable not only fast-acting: you can take dry (the same amount) or pressed (9-10 grams). How to work with the latter is shown in a detailed step-by-step recipe for whey yeast dough. All products for making tortillas should be at room temperature.
2. In a dish suitable for kneading and fermenting the dough, sift (preferably twice) wheat flour (550 grams). Thanks to this technique, the flour will not only be saturated with oxygen, but also possible debris will go away.
3. Pour 1.5 tablespoons of sugar, 1 teaspoon of fast-acting yeast and 1.5 teaspoons (that is, a spoon with a small hill) of salt to the flour.
4. Mix everything thoroughly with a fork or spoon so that all dry ingredients are evenly distributed throughout the mixture.
5. We make a hole in the flour and pour 250 milliliters of lukewarm whey into it. The liquid should never be hot, otherwise you just boil the yeast and it will die. Then we break 2 chicken eggs (45-50 grams each).
6. At the beginning of kneading yeast dough, you can simply stir all the products with a fork, spoon or hand so that the flour is moistened by absorbing the liquid. With a bread maker or dough mixer, the kneading process is greatly simplified and your work is minimized. Add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil and start kneading the dough.
7. You need to knead the dough for a rather long time (at least 10, and preferably 15 minutes) and intensively. The electric assistant will cope for about 7 minutes. As a result, the yeast dough should become completely homogeneous, smooth, very soft and tender, sticky. Do not add flour or the tortillas will be tough. Round the dough and put it in a bowl greased with a small amount of vegetable oil (not indicated in the ingredients) so that it does not stick to the dishes during fermentation. We send the dough to heat for 1 hour. Where is the best place for dough to roam and what does a warm place mean? There are several options. First of all, in the oven with the light on (it turns out about 28-30 degrees - the ideal temperature for fermenting yeast dough). Then we tighten the bowl with the dough with cling film or cover it with a towel made of natural fabric (linen is best suited) so that the surface does not wind up and does not become covered with a crust. You can also let the dough ferment in the microwave, in which we first bring a glass of water to a boil. The dough will rise with the door closed, and the glass will stand in the same place. Then the bowl does not need to be closed with anything, since the water will evaporate, thereby maintaining the necessary humidity. Just make sure that no one accidentally turns on the microwave, otherwise the dough will disappear and there will be no cakes.
8. After about an hour (time is a relative concept, it may take more or less) the yeast dough will grow well, increasing in volume by 2-2.5 times. If the dough rises poorly, then you have come across old yeast - increase the fermentation time.
9. We do a light kneading, releasing gas, re-round the dough and return to heat for about an hour.
10. During this time, the yeast dough will once again rise very well, become even more tender and fluffy.
11. We divide it into 4 equal parts. You can use a kitchen scale or divide the dough by eye. We roll each piece into a ball, cover it with a towel and let it rest for 5-7 minutes. During this time, the dough will relax and become more pliable.
12. Forming whey cakes is very simple. With your fingers or palm, knead the ball into a round layer. The dough is very tender, therefore, literally in 10 seconds, the workpiece will acquire the required shape and thickness (no more than 1 centimeter). By the way, for shaping, you can lightly dust the work surface with flour or just grease your hands with vegetable oil (my option).
13. We shape the rest of the blanks in the same way and transfer them to a baking sheet covered with baking paper.
14. Sprinkle with sesame seeds (white, black or a mixture of both), gently pressing the seeds to the dough. If you used flour for molding, sesame seeds will not adhere well, so sprinkle a little water on the surface of the dough. In addition to sesame seeds, you can take absolutely any dressing - flax seeds, oatmeal, bran, poppy seeds, nigella. Spices and herbs will also be an excellent addition - feel free to use your favorite dried herbs, cumin, paprika, turmeric.
15. Optional step: make indentations in the workpieces with your fingers so that they rise evenly during proofing and baking. Cover the workpieces with a light towel or cling film and leave warm for 25-30 minutes.
16. We bake bread cakes in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for about 20-25 minutes. I have a gas oven, bottom heating, no convection. You always focus on the appearance of the products and the nature of your oven. Since only the bottom works for me, for a golden brown crust, I additionally turn on the grill for 5-7 minutes.
17. Ruddy, fluffy, tender and aromatic tortillas are simple but delicious homemade baked goods. Natasha, thank you very much for this wonderful order. Hope you like the bread cakes. Cook for health, friends, and bon appetit!