Homemade chocolate chip vatrushka
Description
Homemade pastry for tea. Tender and aromatic pastry with cottage cheese and chocolate will win you over. We'll prepare this vatrushka using a simple no-sponge yeast dough—easy and accessible, I highly recommend trying it! The great advantage of this large vatrushka is not only its excellent taste but also its quick preparation. Cottage cheese lovers should definitely take note of this recipe. Serve with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Prepare all the necessary ingredients.
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Step 2
2. Slightly warm the milk in the microwave, add 3 tablespoons of sugar, yeast, and one egg to it.
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Step 3
3. Mix and gradually add the flour in parts.
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Step 4
4. Add vegetable oil.
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Step 5
5. Knead the dough with your hands until it absorbs all the butter. Shape it into a ball, cover with a towel, and let it rest in a warm place for about an hour.
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Step 6
6. By this time, the dough should have doubled in size at least.
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Step 7
7. Transfer the dough into a greased pan and shape it with your hands into a flat round cake with raised edges, about 2 cm high. Cover and let rest for about 20 minutes.
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Step 8
8. While the dough is rising, prepare the filling. Mix the cottage cheese, remaining sugar, egg, and vanilla.
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Step 9
9. Using an immersion blender, blend the filling until smooth. Add chopped chocolate, about 50 g should be enough, and reserve the rest for decoration.
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Step 10
10. Fill the indentation in the dough with the prepared filling.
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Step 11
11. Bake at 200 degrees for about 25-30 minutes.
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Step 12
12. Let the baked good cool slightly, then decorate the top with grated chocolate. The homemade vatrushka with chocolate chips is ready.
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Step 13
13. The dough turns out very tender and pairs perfectly with the flavorful and delicious chocolate-cottage cheese filling.