Belarusian Pie

Ingredients:

For 1 kg of the pie:

3 cupful flour

2 tblsps sugar

2 tblsps butter or margarine

2 eggs

15 g yeast

0.75 cupful milk or water

Cooking Instructions:

Prepare the leavened dough. Divide it into two pieces and roll each of them into a layer 3-4 cm thick. Put one of the layers on a griddle greased with butter, place the stuffing in the centre, and cover with another layer and pinch the edges. The pie may be decorated with dough figures of any kind. To do that, roll the remaining part of the dough out thinly and cut it into small stars, diamonds, leaves, etc, then place these on top of the pie. Set aside the pie to rise and before baking brush with beaten egging, prick with a fork in several places and put in oven at 220 C to 230 C for 25-30 minutes.

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