Grandmothers
Description
This recipe won't take much time. Grandmothers used to bake these on Sundays from wheat flour, and they were considered festive bread. They were also baked for the New Year, following special rituals, and then used for fortune-telling. Nowadays, you rarely hear the name "balabushki," although in Kuban this bread is still sold. It's baked in a brick-like shape but consists of small, easily separated pieces. Baking balabushki at home is quite simple. Here's an easy recipe that any home cook can handle. 1. Soak dry yeast in warm milk with sugar. 2. Sift flour into a bowl, add salt, vegetable oil, and the dissolved yeast mixture. Pour in a glass of warm water and knead the dough. 3. Cover the dough with a towel and let it rise in a warm place for 1 to 1.5 hours. 4. Grease a round baking pan with vegetable oil. 5. Knead the dough again and divide it into small balls. Grease each ball with vegetable oil and place them in the pan, leaving a little space between each. You can sprinkle the top with sesame or sunflower seeds. 6. Bake the balabushki in the oven at 180°C (356°F) for about 40 minutes. 7. Once baked, cover the balabushki with a towel and let them cool. Balabushki can be made sweet, or you can serve them with a garlic sauce alongside soup or borscht. Serve them warm or cooled. They're perfect with tea.