Pumpkins - in anticipation of Halloween, a perfect, airy and salty pastry.

*Ingredients:

350 ml. milk,

1/2 cube of yeast,

1 teaspoon of sugar,

1 whole egg,

1 egg yolk,

1 tablespoon of salt,

140 ml. yogurt,

100 ml. oils,

flour as needed.

*To coat the dough:

1 egg yolk and 3 tablespoons of milk.

Preparation:

In 350 ml. of lukewarm milk, crumble one half of a cube of yeast, sprinkle with a teaspoon of sugar

and leave for 5 min. to leaven.

Then, in a mixing bowl, beat 1 egg and 1 egg yolk with a whisk.

Add salt, yogurt, oil and milk with added yeast. Mix the mixture gently with a wire,

add flour and knead until the dough starts to separate easily from the hands.

Then pour 3 spoons of oil on the work surface, stretch it with your hand into a circle slightly larger than the dough.

Raise the dough to about 20 cm. height from the work surface and forcefully throw your hands on the oiled work surface 50 times. Coat the work surface with oil again and continue rolling the dough another 50 times. After that, you will get too soft and too smooth dough.

Return the dough to the mixing bowl, sprinkle with a little flour and cover with cling film.

Let it grow for about an hour. When the dough has doubled in size, make balls weighing 70 grams.

After making the balls, gently roll them crosswise with string from bottom to top, do not pinch the dough because the dough grows while baking. Tie the rope in a knot from top to top. Immediately arrange in a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and lightly coat with oil.

*Whisk one egg yolk with 3 tablespoons of milk, coat the zucchini.

Arrange in a tray covered with baking paper and lightly coated with oil.

*Preheat the oven to 150°C, bake for 5 minutes, then increase the temperature to 180°C and bake for another 20 minutes. Cover the baked pumpkins with a plastic bag and then a cloth. After 5 min. you will have a soft and delicious savory pastry ideal for all occasions.

Gently remove the thread.

* I used pepper stems for the pumpkin stems. Enjoy the wonderful dough made with your pinch of magic.

I would be very happy to hear your impressions after trying the recipe. Please tag me. Thank you in advance!

Enjoy!

By Ivana Kostić