
Vatroushki
Description
The pastry is prepared simply and quickly. If your family loves cottage‑cheese buns, try deviating from the usual shape and bake “rose” buns. It’s very easy to do—see the step‑by‑step recipe and cook with pleasure. Can be served with tea or coffee.
Instructions
- 1
Step 1

Prepare the ingredients.
- 2
Step 2

Add softened butter, 1.5 teaspoons of sugar, salt, and 1 egg to warm milk. Stir.
- 3
Step 3

Add the dry yeast to the flour and stir.
- 4
Step 4

Add the flour with yeast to the milk‑butter mixture, knead the dough, cover with plastic wrap, and place in a warm spot to ferment for 1 hour.
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Step 5

Pass the cottage cheese through a sieve.
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Step 6

Add 1.5 tbsp sugar, vanilla sugar, lemon zest, beat in 1 egg, leaving about half of the yolk for glazing before baking.
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Step 7

Add the rinsed and scalded raisins, stir.
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Step 8

Divide the ready dough into 12 parts.
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Step 9

Roll out the dough into a circle, make 4 cuts, and place the cottage cheese filling in the center.
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Step 10

First, secure the inner “rose petals”.
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Step 11

Then attach the outer “petals”. You need to attach them firmly enough, otherwise they may open up during baking.
- 12
Step 12

Add a tablespoon of milk to half a yolk, stir.
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Step 13

Brush the "roses" with egg yolk before baking. Bake the pastries for 25-30 minutes at 180 degrees.
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Step 14

Rosette buns are good hot and cold. Delicious homemade pastries will please both children and adults. So cook with pleasure, the family will be satisfied!