The taste of these soft, delicate, airy, porous and incredibly fragrant sugar buns has been familiar to everyone since childhood. Where only these delicious buns were not for sale: in shops, cafes and school buffets, canteens. They were in great demand, because they were so soft and sweet. Both small and adult are still happy to buy these fragrant tea buns.
We found some recipes on how to make heart buns with sugar at home. With them you can please your home with fragrant pastries, which cause a stormy appetite with only one smell.
Heart Buns Recipe
Most often, these buns are made from yeast dough. That is why we will begin our acquaintance with the methods for preparing a fragrant treat with a recipe for yeast buns. To make buns you will need:
- 100 ml of water;
- 7 g of dry yeast;
- 2 tbsp. l Sahara;
- 2 eggs;
- 70 g butter;
- 70 ml of milk;
- 1 pinch of salt;
- 450 g of flour;
- 1/2 tbsp. l sugar for sprinkling;
- 60 g butter for greasing baking.
Among other things, you can add dried fruits to the dough, for example, raisins, dried apricots and other additives to taste.
Dough
The preparation of buns with sugar from yeast dough begins directly with the preparation. Boil and cool the water, pour into a glass, add some yeast and sugar for the dough there. Stir the ingredients thoroughly with water until sugar crystals dissolve. Cover the glass with a towel and leave until the yeast begins to work.
In the meantime, melt a piece of butter in a steam bath, then pour into a separate deep bowl in which it is most convenient to knead the dough. Remember that properly prepared yeast dough rises well, so it is better to take a larger container.
When it cools down a little, beat in a few eggs and sprinkle everything with a pinch of salt. If desired, a little vanilla can be added to the dough, it will give the buns-hearts from yeast dough a particularly pleasant aroma and taste.
Thoroughly mix the ingredients together, then combine everything with yeast. Stir the ingredients and gradually introduce the flour. Knead the dough, cover with a towel and leave to rise in a warm place for half an hour.
The formation of hearts
It is time to form hearts from sugar dough. Before you start making future buns, knead the dough again. Then divide the whole mass into several small pieces. If you followed the specified proportions, then you should get at least 8.
In a steam bath, melt another piece of butter and cool slightly. Roll a piece of dough into a small, even square, brush with melted butter and sprinkle with a thin layer of sugar. It is advisable to add sugar to the edges of the rolled dough so that they are better fastened.
Sprinkled with sugar, twist the dough into a roll and glue the edges, pressing firmly. Then fold it in half. Cut the twisted and halved tube along, without cutting to the end, and unfold as a book. This way you get a small neat little heart. If desired, it can be sprinkled with sugar or garnished with dried fruits.
Here's how to wrap heart buns. Form the same buns from the remaining pieces of dough and start baking.
Bakery products
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. In a poorly heated oven, lush yeast buns will turn out not so airy, soft and porous.
Cover the baking sheet on which the hearts will bake, with parchment or foil. Put the buns on it and send them to the oven for 25-30 minutes. You can check the readiness of buns with a match or a toothpick.
Here's how to make buns with sugar from yeast dough. Let the fragrant buns cool slightly and serve with tea, honey or jam.
Puff pastry buns
But this is not the only way to make heart buns with sugar. If you are lovers of crispy tongues and ears, then the recipe for puff pastry will appeal to you. These buns are not only sweet and fragrant, but also pleasantly crispy. Let's find out what ingredients are needed to make such a treat:
- 200 g margarine;
- 1 egg
- 2 cups of flour;
- 1/4 tsp vinegar
- 70 g butter;
- a pinch of salt.
There is an option for making buns for the lazy. In the supermarket you can find frozen puff pastry, which you only need to defrost to make heart-shaped buns. From it no less tasty buns are obtained.
But we will still share the method of preparing puff pastry, it will certainly be useful to you, because it makes not only excellent sweet tongues, but also incredibly tasty puffs with cheese and other fillings, as well as various cakes and pies.
Puff pastry
First prepare a layer for the dough. Margarine is not soft for cooking, so before cooking it is better to hold it in the freezer. Grate it and add flour - a little more than a glass. Mix the two ingredients and leave in the refrigerator. Margarine should be a little bit tucked up.
Next, take a deep, dry bowl and sprinkle flour. Add a little vinegar to it. Acid can be replaced with the same amount of lemon juice. Beat the egg in a separate glass and add water so that in the total quantity the glass is filled by 2/3. Beat the egg with water and slowly, pouring into the center of the recess, knead the dough. It should turn out soft and even slightly stick to your hands. The fact is that in the process of kneading, the dough will get the necessary amount of flour from the powder table. Otherwise, it will turn out to be too steep.
Knead the dough well, then sprinkle flour on the table or board. Lay it out and roll it onto a not too thin square layer. Mix the flour and margarine into three parts. Put one part on the dough and evenly distribute it over the formation. Wrap the dough with an envelope and refrigerate for 20-30 minutes. After a while, take out the dough and roll it into a layer again. Lubricate it again with margarine and refrigerate. Also with the rest.
Roll out the finished dough again, cut into the pieces you need. The rest of the dough is well stored in the freezer, so if you think that it turned out too much, fold the rest in an envelope, pack it in a bag and freeze. From puff pastry you can cook many more various sweets and snacks.
Dough Hearts
So, how to make heart buns with sugar? Such buns are formed in the same way as in the first recipe. Divide the finished puff pastry into several pieces. Forming squares from puff pastry is much more convenient than from yeast, especially if you use a product from the store for cooking.
Roll out each square, trim the edges. Then sprinkle the dough with sugar, stepping a little from the edges. Twist the square into a roll, fold in half and press the edges against each other. After that, cut the bundle along from the fold to the junction, not reaching the end. Then turn the segments in different directions, slightly bending them out. Sprinkle with sugar again, or add nuts.
In the oven!
Hearts are baked from puff pastry much faster than from yeast. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. This is especially important for puff pastry - send the pastries immediately to the hot oven, otherwise the buns will not rise and do not straighten.
Smear a baking tray with a piece of butter or cover with baking paper. Lay out the buns and, if desired, so that the buns look even more rosy, they can be greased with whipped yolk.
Bake heart-shaped buns for 15–20 minutes. Try not to open the oven again to check readiness, it is better to set a timer. Otherwise, they will not rise from temperature changes.
Cooking Tips
Finally, some tips for making delicious buns. Experiment by adding various dried fruits: raisins, chopped dried apricots. You can also sprinkle your hearts with poppy seeds or cinnamon. What a flavor from cinnamon buns!
Nuts are also a great addition to buns. Peel and dry the peanuts in a dry frying pan. Grind it a little. Having formed hearts with sugar from the dough, sprinkle them with nuts. The smell of peanuts impregnates the bun dough with an incredible taste and aroma.
After taking the buns, place them on a tray. Wet a clean towel and squeeze it well, cover them with buns, then they will remain soft longer and cool faster.
Now you know how to make heart buns with sugar. Thanks to these simple recipes, you will get incredibly tasty, fragrant, sugar buns that have been loved by many since childhood.
Bon Appetit!