Rich Kefir Hand Pies with Cherry Filling
Unique and incomparable pastries with cherry filling! A perfect recipe for fragrant baked treats made from excellent yeast dough in the oven, pleasantly surprising with their wonderful taste and sure to be loved by many.
Updated : 24 March, 2026
Easy
More than 1 hour.
Ingredients
500 grams
Wheat flour
250 milliliters
Kefir
8 grams
Dry yeast
150 grams
Sugar
1 teaspoon
Vanilla sugar
10 grams
Baking powder
0.33 teaspoon
Salt
60 grams
Butter
3
Chicken eggs
1.5 tablespoon
Vegetable oil
500 grams
Sour Cherry
30 grams
Starch
150 milliliters
Cherry juice
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Preparation
Step 1
Prepare all the necessary ingredients for making delicious hand pies with cherry filling.
Step 2
Put 500 grams of sifted flour and 10 grams of baking powder into a large bowl.
Step 3
Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla sugar and 1/3 teaspoon of salt to the bowl.
Step 4
Add 8 grams of instant dry yeast to the bowl.
Step 5
Add 50 grams of sugar to the bowl.
Step 6
Add 2 egg yolks to the bowl.
Step 7
Pour 250 milliliters of warm kefir into the bowl and knead the dough.
Step 8
Add 40 grams of butter to the bowl with the dough and continue kneading it for another 2 minutes.
Step 9
Brush the dough in the bowl with vegetable oil so that a crust does not form, cover it with a towel, and leave it in a warm place for 75 minutes.
Step 10
Place a deep frying pan on the stove, then add 20 grams of butter and 500 grams of pitted cherries to it.
Step 11
Add 100 grams of sugar to the frying pan with the cherries and give it time to dissolve.
Step 12
Add 2-3 tablespoons of cherry juice to a bowl with 30 grams of starch.
Step 13
Mix the ingredients well and dissolve the starch in the cherry juice.
Step 14
Mix the prepared starch mixture with the cherry juice.
Step 15
Pour the starch mixture into the frying pan with the cherries and the dissolved sugar.
Step 16
Cook the cherries over low heat until they reach a jam-like consistency, stirring constantly.
Step 17
Transfer the prepared cherry jam to a bowl and let it cool.
Step 18
Grease the work surface with a small amount of vegetable oil, then place the dough on it and knead it well.
Step 19
Cut the dough into pieces of approximately equal size.
Step 20
Roll each piece of dough into a ball.
Step 21
Flatten each ball into a round and place 1 tablespoon of cherry jam on it.
Step 22
Seal the edges of the rounds with the filling well.
Step 23
Shape the hand pies so that they have a neat oval form.
Step 24
Place the hand pies on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and leave them to proof for 25 minutes.
Step 25
After that, brush the hand pies with beaten egg and place the baking sheet into an oven preheated to 175°C (350°F) to bake them.
Step 26
After 25-30 minutes, remove the fluffy, golden hand pies from the oven.
Step 27
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