Soft, golden and lightly sweet, these cottage cheese buns with raisins are the kind of baking that makes the whole kitchen smell wonderful. The tender yeast dough wraps a creamy cottage cheese filling studded with plump raisins, perfect with tea or coffee. If you love cottage cheese baking, you will also enjoy our Classic Cottage Cheese Casserole with Raisins.
Ingredients
- For the dough: 300 ml (1 1/4 cups) warm milk
- 10 g fresh yeast
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 80 g (5.5 tbsp) butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp salt
- Vanilla
- 600 g (5 cups) flour
- For the filling: 400 g (14 oz) cottage cheese
- 100 g (1/2 cup) sugar
- 70 g (1/2 cup) raisins
- Plus 1 egg yolk for brushing
Instructions
- Stir the yeast into the warm milk; rest 15 minutes. Add the remaining dough ingredients, gradually adding flour, and knead a soft dough. Rise in a warm place for 1 hour.
- Blend the cottage cheese with the sugar, stir in the raisins.
- Roll out the dough, spread with filling and roll into a log. Slice into buns, place on a parchment-lined tray, proof 15 minutes, brush with yolk and bake at 180°C (350°F) until golden.
Tips
- Use warm, not hot, milk so the yeast stays active and the dough rises well.
- Soak the raisins in warm water for a few minutes if they are dry, then drain well; for another simple cottage cheese bake, try our Simple Baked Cottage Cheese Casserole.
- For more baking inspiration, see Allrecipes.
Nutrition: per 100 g: 279 kcal, protein 23.3 g, fat 13.9 g, carbs 15 g