
Lemon vatrushki
Description
It goes perfectly with tea and coffee. Would you like to treat your loved ones to delicious, fragrant homemade baking? Then make lemon vatrushki! They are much tastier than ordinary vatrushki, because adding lemon makes them far more aromatic and flavorful. A step-by-step recipe will help you make them.
Instructions
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Step 1

Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2

Dissolve the yeast, salt, 3 tbsp sugar, and ½ packet vanilla sugar in warm milk.
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Step 3

Pour in vegetable oil.
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Step 4

Beat in 1 egg, add softened butter.
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Step 5

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Step 6

Knead the dough for at least 5–7 minutes. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and place it in a warm place to rise for 1.5 hours.
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Step 7

While the dough is rising, prepare the filling. Blend the cottage cheese with the egg, vanilla sugar, and 3 tablespoons of sugar in a blender.
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Step 8

The cottage cheese should be lump‑free and have a smooth, uniform texture.
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Step 9

Add the grated zest of 1 lemon and the juice of half a lemon to the cottage cheese filling and mix well. You can spoon the cottage cheese filling into a piping bag.
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Step 10

The finished dough should increase in volume by 1.5–2 times.
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Step 11

Divide the dough into 16 pieces of about 65 grams each, and roll each piece into a ball.
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Step 12

Roll the dough into a flat round, then shape a rim by folding the edges of the dough toward the center.
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Step 13

Place the dough pieces on a baking sheet.
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Step 14

With a spoon or a piping bag, place the filling in the center of the flatbread. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
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Step 15

Brush the vatrushki before baking with a mixture of egg yolk and 2–3 tsp milk.
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Step 16

Bake the lemon vatrushki at 180 degrees for 30 minutes.
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Step 17

Before serving, you can lightly dust the lemon curd buns with powdered sugar. The lemon curd buns turned out incredibly tender and airy, with a delicious cottage cheese–lemon filling. Put the kettle on and invite your loved ones to the table!