Source: Julia Fateyeva, AdobeStock Sometimes you crave something homemade, like grandma used to make, or at least like in a school cafeteria – and that's where sochniki are just perfect. Here's a collection of recipes with soft dough, moist filling, and an amazing balance of flavors. Everything is prepared without much hassle and from the most accessible ingredients, and the result will delight the whole family!
1. Classic Sochniki with Cottage Cheese
Source: AdobeStock You can also add a handful of raisins, dried apricots, or prunes to the filling.
You will need:
For the dough: 80 g butter, 100 g sour cream, 1 egg, 80 g sugar, 300 g flour, 1 tsp baking powder, vanilla sugar, salt.
For the filling: 400 g cottage cheese, 1 egg, 30 g sugar, vanilla sugar.
Preparation: Mix soft butter, sour cream, egg, sugar, and salt, then stir in the flour with baking powder. Knead the resulting dough and refrigerate for half an hour. For the filling, separately whisk cottage cheese, both types of sugar, and egg white.
Roll out the dough to about 5 mm thick and cut into circles. Place a spoonful of filling on each, fold in half, press lightly, and brush with the remaining yolk. Bake the sochniki for 25-30 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius.
2. Sochniki with Cottage Cheese on Kefir
Source: AdobeStock By the way, instead of cottage cheese, you can use mascarpone or any cream cheese.
You will need:
For the dough: 100 g butter, 1 cup kefir, 1 egg, 1/2 cup sugar, 3 cups flour, 1 tsp baking powder.
For the filling: 250 g cottage cheese, 1 egg, 30-50 g sour cream, 2 tsp sugar, vanilla.
Preparation: Mix the egg with sugar, kefir, and soft butter. Add flour with baking powder, quickly knead the dough, and refrigerate for 20 minutes. Separately mix cottage cheese, egg white, sugar, sour cream, and vanilla to taste for the filling.
Roll out the dough to 5-7 mm thick and cut into circles. Place the filling on each, fold in half, press lightly, and brush the sochniki with yolk. Bake for 25-30 minutes in the oven at 190 degrees Celsius.
3. Sochniki with Cottage Cheese on Lard
Source: AdobeStock Lard gives the dough a pleasant and crumbly texture.
You will need:
For the dough: 50 g butter, 50 g lard, 4 tbsp sour cream, 1 egg, 1/2 cup sugar, 400 g flour, 0.5 tsp baking soda, 0.5 tsp baking powder, vanilla, salt.
For the filling: 150 g cottage cheese, 1 tbsp sour cream, 1 egg, 2 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp semolina.
Preparation: Mix melted butter and lard with sugar, sour cream, salt, vanilla, and egg. Add flour with baking soda and baking powder, knead the dough, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Mix the egg white and the rest of the ingredients for the filling, and set aside the yolk. Roll out the dough, cut into circles, and place the filling on each, closer to the edge. Fold in half, press lightly, and brush the sochniki with yolk. Bake for 25-30 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius.
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4. Sochniki with Cottage Cheese in a Frying Pan
Source: AdobeStock A quick recipe so you don't have to heat up the oven.
You will need:
For the dough: 30 g butter, 1 egg, 2 tbsp sugar, 6 tbsp flour, salt.
For the filling: 100 g cottage cheese, 1 egg, 1 tbsp sugar.
Preparation: Knead a smooth dough from all ingredients and separately mix the ingredients for the filling. Divide the dough into pieces, roll into flatbreads, and place the filling on each. Fold in half and pinch the sochniki closed. Fry them in a dry non-stick pan for 3-5 minutes on each side with a lid on low to medium heat.
5. Sochniki on Cottage Cheese Dough with Rice Flour
Source: AdobeStock The most diet-friendly recipe in this collection for those who watch their diet.
You will need:
For the dough: 100 g cottage cheese, 2 egg yolks, 50 g sugar or sweetener, 100 g rice flour, 1 tsp baking powder.
For the filling: 200 g cottage cheese, 50 g sugar or sweetener, 1 egg white, 2 tsp cornstarch.
Preparation: Rub the cottage cheese with yolks, add dry ingredients, knead a smooth dough, and refrigerate for half an hour. Separately blend the ingredients for the filling. Roll out the dough thinly, cut into circles, place the filling, and form the sochniki. Bake them for 20-25 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius.
6. Sochniki with Berries
Source: AdobeStock Cherries, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, or other berries of your choice will be perfect.
You will need:
For the dough: 100 g butter, 3 tbsp sour cream, 1 egg, 100 g sugar, 300 g flour, 1 tsp baking powder.
For the filling: 300 g cottage cheese or cream cheese, 50 g sugar, 150 g berries, vanilla sugar, 1 egg.
Preparation: Mix sifted flour with baking powder, grate cold butter into it, and rub into crumbs. Add egg, sour cream, and sugar, knead an elastic dough, and refrigerate for half an hour. For the filling, mix cottage cheese and two types of sugar.
Roll out the dough, cut into circles, and place the filling on half of each circle. Carefully arrange the berries on the cottage cheese mixture, fold the sochniki in half, and seal the edges. Brush them with beaten egg and bake for approximately 30 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius.
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7. Sochniki with Cottage Cheese and Poppy Seeds
Source: AdobeStock A pleasant and delicate filling for more variety!
You will need:
For the dough: 100 g butter, 50 g sour cream, 1 egg, 100 g sugar, 300 g flour, 0.5 tsp baking powder.
For the filling: 300 g cottage cheese, 1 egg, 2 tbsp sour cream, 80-100 g sugar, 1 tbsp semolina, 2 tbsp poppy seeds.
Preparation: Rub soft butter with sugar, add egg with sour cream, then stir in flour with baking powder. Knead the resulting dough and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
For the filling, mix together mashed cottage cheese, yolk, sugar, sour cream, poppy seeds, and semolina. Roll out the dough, cut into circles, place the filling, and fold the sochniki in half. Brush them with the remaining egg white and bake for 25 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius.
8. Sochniki with Apples on Cottage Cheese Dough
Source: AdobeStock Perfect sochniki for tea that will leave no one indifferent.
You will need:
For the dough: 120 g cottage cheese, 1-2 eggs, 50 g butter, 80 g sugar, 250 g flour, 0.5 tsp baking powder.
For the filling: 500 g apples, 0.5 tbsp butter, 20 g sugar, 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon, 1 egg.
Preparation: Whisk eggs with sugar, add cottage cheese, mix, then add soft butter. Finally, add flour and baking powder, knead the dough, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Peel and finely chop the apples, fry them in butter until golden, and finally sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Roll out the dough, cut into circles, place the filling, and fold the sochniki in half. Brush them with beaten egg and bake for 20-25 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius.
9. Sochniki on Oat Flour
Source: AdobeStock Another diet-friendly baking recipe that's even suitable for breakfast.
You will need:
For the dough: 100 ml vegetable oil, 1 egg, 2 tbsp sour cream, 200 g oat flour, 50 g whole wheat flour, 5 g baking powder, 1 pinch salt.
For the filling: 200 g cottage cheese, 1 egg, 1 tbsp sour cream, sugar substitute.
Preparation: Mix vegetable oil, egg, sour cream, baking powder, and salt. Add both types of flour, knead the dough, and let it rest for a bit. Separately mix all ingredients for the filling. Divide the dough into portions, roll out flatbreads, place the filling, and form the sochniki. Bake for about 30 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius.
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10. Sochniki with Meringue Cream and Nuts
Source: AdobeStock An original filling option when the classic has become boring.
You will need:
For the dough: 50 g butter, 3 egg yolks, 10 ml milk, 50 g sugar, 180 g flour, 1 pinch nutmeg.
For the filling: 100 g nuts to taste, 2 egg whites, 100 g sugar.
Preparation: Rub flour, yolks, sugar, 25 g melted butter, and nutmeg into crumbs. Pour in milk and the remaining butter, knead the dough, and refrigerate. If needed, use more milk.
Chop the nuts, whisk egg whites with sugar until stiff peaks form, and mix both parts of the filling. Roll out and cut the dough into circles, place the filling, and fold the sochniki in half. Seal the edges and brush everything with the remaining egg white from the third yolk. Bake the sochniki for approximately 20 minutes in the oven at 200 degrees Celsius.
11. Sochniki with Ham, Mushrooms, and Cheese
Source: AdobeStock And as a bonus – an extraordinary cheese dough!
You will need:
For the dough: 100 g butter, 1 cup kefir, 100 g hard or semi-hard cheese, 2 cups flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp sugar.
For the filling: 200 g cottage cheese, 100 g ham, 100 g hard cheese, 1/2 onion, 200 g mushrooms, herbs, spices, 1 egg.
Preparation: Mix melted butter, kefir, finely grated cheese, and sugar. Add flour and baking powder, knead the dough, and let it rest while you prepare the filling.
Chop and fry the onion with mushrooms, season, and sprinkle with chopped herbs. Grate cheese and ham on a coarse grater, mix them with mushrooms and cottage cheese. Divide the dough into pieces, roll out flatbreads, spread the filling, and form the sochniki. Brush them with egg and bake for 20-25 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius.
12. Chocolate Sochniki with Coconut
Source: AdobeStock With a little imagination, even classic sochniki can take on new flavors.
You will need:
For the dough: 100 g full-fat sour cream, 1 egg yolk, 50 g butter, 15 g cocoa, 100 g sugar, 200 g flour, 0.5 tsp baking powder.
For the filling: 200 g cottage cheese, 80 g sugar, 20 g shredded coconut, 1 tsp cornstarch, vanilla sugar, 1 egg.
Preparation: Whisk sour cream, yolk, and sugar, add melted butter, then dry ingredients. Knead the dough and refrigerate for half an hour. For the filling, separate the yolk and mix it with the remaining ingredients.
Separately whisk the egg white until stiff peaks form and fold it into the cottage cheese mixture at the very end. Divide the dough into pieces, roll them out, place the filling, and fold the flatbreads in half. Bake the sochniki for 25 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius.
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13. Sochniki with Ricotta on Cream
Source: AdobeStock The creamiest sochniki you can imagine.
You will need:
For the dough: 100 g butter, 100 ml 20-25% cream, 1 egg, 100 g sugar, 400 g flour, 1.5 tsp baking powder, 1 pinch salt.
For the filling: 200 g ricotta, 50 ml yogurt or sour cream, 1 egg, 2 tsp lemon zest, 50 g sugar, 20 g flour, 1 tsp vanilla extract.
Preparation: Whisk soft butter with sugar using a mixer, add egg, then cream. After that, add flour with baking powder and salt. Knead an elastic dough and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Drain the ricotta in cheesecloth to remove excess liquid. Then mix the cheese with egg white and the remaining ingredients, and set aside the yolk. Roll out and cut the dough into circles, place the filling on each, fold the sochniki in half, and brush with yolk. Bake for 20-25 minutes in the oven at 200 degrees Celsius.
14. Sochniki with Cottage Cheese and Lemon
Source: AdobeStock Such a magical aroma, it's impossible to resist!
You will need:
For the dough: 100 g sour cream, 80 g butter, 1 egg, 100 g sugar, 350 g flour, 0.5 tsp baking soda, salt.
For the filling: 300 g cottage cheese, 30 g sour cream, 1 egg white, zest of 1 lemon, 30 g sugar, vanilla.
Preparation: Cut cold butter, rub it with flour into crumbs, add the remaining ingredients, and quickly knead the dough. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Mix the ingredients for the filling, and if needed, stir in a spoonful of flour or starch.
Divide the dough into pieces, roll out, place the filling, and form the sochniki. Brush with yolk if desired and bake for 15-20 minutes in the oven at 220 degrees Celsius.
15. Sochniki with Banana
Source: AdobeStock A great fruity filling for lovers of sweet pastries.
You will need:
For the dough: 100 g butter, 4 tbsp sour cream, 1 egg, 1/2 cup sugar, 2.5 cups flour, 0.5 tsp baking soda.
For the filling: 2-3 bananas, 2 tbsp sour cream, 2.5 tbsp flour, 1 tbsp starch, 2 tbsp sugar, vanilla.
Preparation: Whisk egg with sugar, add sour cream and soft butter, then flour with baking soda. Knead the dough and refrigerate for half an hour. Separately mash peeled bananas with a fork and mix them with the remaining ingredients for the filling. Adjust the amount of sour cream according to the consistency of the filling.
Roll out the dough, cut it into circles, place the filling, and form the sochniki. Brush them with egg if desired, then bake for 20-25 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius.