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Nowadays baking is no longer as popular as it was in the time of our grandmothers. At that time, it was practically a way to survive. They baked everything: pies, bread, buns. Nowadays it is much easier to buy everything at the nearest supermarket. But there are still young housewives who are interested in the secrets of cooking and love to cook.
Any baked goods must have the following properties:
- be prepared according to a strict recipe
- be delicious
- have a decent appearance.
The last point is important. Baking should look, if not perfect, then at least appetizing. To do this, the finished baked goods are greased - it takes on a finished look.
With an egg, everything is simple and clear. As a baking lubricant, it's versatile. You can lubricate it with protein, or with yolk. Or you can thoroughly beat both together. You can also add milk and sour cream to the egg. You can apply it with a modern silicone brush, created specifically for such cases. Previously, many families used a shaving brush for these purposes. Of course, clean, purchased specifically for working with baked goods. And even earlier, a quill pen was used.
But then a problem happened - there wasn’t a single egg in the refrigerator, everything went into baking (salad / cake / dessert).
Therefore, today we will talk about how to grease pies if there is no egg.
Don't know what to coat the pies with if you don't have eggs? It's OK.
I am more than sure that you will find the necessary product in your kitchen. Perhaps not even one.
The easiest way to replace the egg is to brush the finished cake with plain water. This will not add any special beauty, but your product will get a nice gloss. The crust will become soft. What else do you need? For pies and pies with sweet filling, add sugar to the water.
And another completely non-obvious product that can replace an egg is ordinary carbonated water, the price of which is 15-25 rubles, and it is probably in almost any refrigerator. A very modern and unusual solution.
Vegetable oil
If soda is an original way to replace an egg when baking, then greasing it with vegetable oil is trivial, but effective. Really…
What product are you 100% sure you have in your refrigerator? It's vegetable oil. It will not add gloss to your products, but in worst case it will do.
But it is better to use it only for puff pastry.
On the one hand, the method is quite popular, on the other hand, it is often forgotten.
Strong tea has long been used to lubricate baked goods, not as a replacement for eggs, but as an independent recipe.
It will give the baked goods a soft golden brown crust. For sweet pastries, you need to add a couple of tablespoons of sugar per glass to your tea.
Cream mixture
The creamy mixture is prepared from three components - melted butter, water, and flour. You need to put the oil in a container convenient for rubbing. Add water. The amount of water is calculated by eye. When the flour is added, the consistency of the mixture should be slightly liquid, so that it is convenient to smear the product with a silicone brush.
You can also melt the butter and grease it like this.
Mayonnaise and sour cream
If the baked goods are not sweet, but, for example, with meat filling, then mayonnaise or sour cream can easily replace the egg. You just need to apply only one thin layer. It's important not to overdo it.
Your ways
Now you know how to grease pies if there is no egg in the refrigerator.
Most culinary discoveries are made either by accident or through experimentation. So perhaps you yourself will come up with something unusual and extraordinary.
Now you know how you can grease pies if you don’t have eggs?
Yolk and a little milk - the color after baking will be moderate and not bright.
Yolk, milk and a little sugar - the color of the product will be bright.
Add sugar to boiled milk.
Melt honey and brush sweet pies.
Yolk and butter. The butter should melt, beat with the yolk - the crust will be soft, glossy and bright.
Sweet cold water or slightly sweet boiling water.
Hot tea leaves and sugar, when the mixture has cooled, grease the pies.
Add a little flour to the sweet tea brew so that the consistency is liquid without lumps - it will have a matte color.
You can make glazing.
Grind softened butter, water and flour - icing for pies, you can add sugar.
Butter, sour cream and flour. Melt the butter and combine all the ingredients, sprinkle sugar on top. - glaze.
So, what can you grease pies with before or after baking, and what will come of it?
After all, the final result depends on what they are greased with: the pies become more ruddy and appetizing, with a soft matte or glossy and shiny crust.
There are different glazing options for each type of dough.
Egg
The most common and simple glazing of yeast and puff pastry is chicken egg. It is used whole or just the yolk. With the addition of milk, sour cream or water, as well as sugar. Baked goods brushed with yolk acquire the brightest and richest crust. For a more moderate color and gloss, the yolk is diluted with milk. If you want to get pies with a bright crust, but with less pronounced gloss, it is recommended to add sugar to the milk-yolk mixture.
Milk
Warm milk is also used as glazing, which is suitable for any type of baking. To do this, a few minutes before the pies are ready, use a brush to brush their surface with warm milk and place it back in the oven until golden brown. Sweet buns and pies will acquire an appetizing and moderately shiny crust if you brush them with sweetened milk.
After baking, rye flour pies are “bathed” in warm milk, this makes them soft.
Sweet tea
To give sweet pastries a golden brown crust without gloss, you can brush the pies with sweet, strong tea before baking. To do this, you need to dilute 2-3 tablespoons of sugar in 100 ml of hot tea leaves. Brush the cooled mixture onto buns or pies. You can use a tea bag as a “brush”. Some housewives dilute a small amount of flour (1 tablespoon) in a sweet brew and lubricate the products with this liquid glaze. As a result, the crust acquires a matte, bright color.
Plain water
To make the color of the crust appear a little and the crust to become softer, you can moisten the finished, still hot pies with plain water. The finished sweet pastries are brushed with sweetened water (or sweet soda). As a result, such buns and pies acquire a bright, glossy crust.
Vegetable and butter
To ensure that the baked goods have an unusually soft crust, the pies are greased with any vegetable oil, be it sunflower, olive or corn. However, you should not expect a shiny crust from this glaze. Vegetable oil can be greased with puff pastry or stretch pastry products before baking. Pies and flatbreads made from unleavened dough are brushed with melted butter immediately after baking. It is better to grease yeast or butter pies with butter when they are ready, but still hot.
Mixture of butter and yolk
For all types of pies and pies, butter glaze is suitable. It is prepared as follows: add the yolk to softened butter or margarine (1-2 tablespoons) and grind until smooth. Baked goods coated with this glaze before baking acquire a rather soft, bright and glossy crust.
Mixture of butter and flour
Before baking, any products can also be greased with a mixture of flour and butter. Mix softened butter with a small amount of water (cold), add a little flour and grind. Grease pies with this mixture before baking. For sweet pies and pies, you need to add sugar to the mixture.
Sour cream glaze
Before baking, grease sweet pies and buns very well with a mixture of sour cream, butter and flour, sprinkling sugar on top. To prepare this glaze, sour cream must be thoroughly mixed with flour and combined with cooled melted butter. Mix the mixture well again until smooth and homogeneous.
What to grease the pies with to make them golden brown? Delicious baked goods usually have, in addition to a truly amazing taste, also an equally amazing appearance. Ruddy pies simply cannot fail to taste delicious. How to get this attractive gloss on the pies. What solutions exist for this in the kitchen?
What do you need to make the pies golden brown?
In fact, you can bring blush to the pies using various methods. If you experiment a little and find the right combinations, then you can even adjust the level of gloss on baked goods yourself. The main thing is to know what you should use for this and in what proportions you need to mix certain ingredients in order to get exactly the level of gloss on the pies that you need.
Egg
The well-known chicken egg is, perhaps, in first place here. It is ideal for both yeast dough and puff pastry. The egg itself can be used as a whole, or sometimes only one yolk is used. If you want your pies to have the richest blush, then you need to use the yolk not “pure”, but with the addition of a number of other components. This can be milk, plain water or sour cream, as well as sugar. In addition, an egg, salted and well beaten, will also give your pies a dark gloss.
If you mix an egg with a teaspoon of milk, then a gloss will also appear on the pies, and the color of the crust itself will no longer be as rich, but closer to golden.
A teaspoon of cold water (but always boiled), also mixed with an egg, will give a slight gloss and the crust will be very light.
If you want the crust of your pies or pie to be crispy, then treat it with just one egg white without other additional ingredients. Just beat the egg whites and brush the pie with it.
These are the basic combinations of a chicken egg with various ingredients to obtain a beautiful gloss on the pies.
Options with milk
Milk is also widely used to add shine to baked goods, and for any type of baked goods. Everything is very simple here, only warm milk is always used, without additives. You just take a small brush, and when the pies are ready very soon, take them out, brush them with the milk prepared for this (that is, warm) using a brush, and after this milk treatment, put them back in the oven for the final stage.
You can also sweeten the milk. If you add sugar to it, a crust will also form on the pies. It will look very appetizing, and the color of its gloss will be quite moderate.
If you are preparing your pies from rye flour, then upon completion of the baking process, simply “bathe” them in the same warm milk. This “milk bath” will add softness to them.
Apply blush with sweet tea
Strong tea with added sugar will also give your pies a rather attractive crust. It will be golden brown, but there will be no gloss on the surface of the pies. To achieve this, you will need to grease the pies with this tea before starting the baking process. You don’t need a lot of tea; 100 ml of this strong drink and 2 or three tablespoons of sugar are enough. Wait until the tea cools down and then brush the pies with it.
Instead of using a brush, you can use a tea bag to grease the surface of the cake.
There is another option with tea, which is to add a little flour to it (usually a tablespoon). Stir it well and also grease the pies. When you add flour to tea, the crust on the pie will already be a brighter color, and the surface will be matte.
Brush the pies with plain water
Plain water can also be used to give the pies a more attractive appearance. When your pies are cooked and still hot enough, simply brush them with plain water. So, their crust will become much softer.
If you are preparing sweet pastries, then you can brush them with slightly sweetened water, or instead of such water, you can take sparkling water and also sweet. After this treatment, the crust will become bright and sparkle with gloss.
We add gloss with vegetable oil or butter
Any oil of vegetable origin will help you make the crust on your pies quite soft. Simply brush your pies with oil after cooking. But this treatment will not make the crust of the pies shine.
Vegetable oil is also perfect for baking puff pastry or stretch dough. These pies will need to be greased immediately before baking.
If you are making pies (or other types of baked goods) from unleavened dough, then brush them with butter. This should be done when they are ready. Butter or yeast pies are usually also baked ready-made, but again, always hot.
Grease with butter and yolk
This is also a good option, which is also universal, that is, suitable for all types of pies and pies. Here you can take not only butter, but also simple margarine. The butter or margarine must first be softened, and then you can take it with a tablespoon (one or two). Then you will need to add the yolk there too. Mix all this well. We do this until the mixture of butter and yolk becomes homogeneous. You will need to grease the pies before baking, and only then put them in the oven. As a result, the crust will be soft, but at the same time quite bright and glossy.
Butter plus flour
This is another option with butter, only now we will add flour to it. The butter also needs to be softened first and a little water (plain, cold) added to it, plus a little flour to the water. We grind this whole mass thoroughly and also grease our pies before baking. If you want the pies to be sweet, then add the necessary component for sweetness, that is, sugar, to the same mixture.
Sour cream
The option with sour cream is good for sweet baking. Grease pies or sweet buns before baking. Here, sour cream is not used in its pure form, but with the addition of flour and butter. In addition, you can also sprinkle sugar on top of the pies. First, the sour cream is mixed with flour, and after that the melted butter is added there. Mix everything thoroughly again until the mixture becomes homogeneous and smooth.
But from this video you will learn how to prepare delicious liver pies and then what to coat them with so that they turn out golden brown. Let's see.
Homemade baked goods always taste better than anything else. Neither children nor adults will refuse such a treat if there are delicious buns with a fragrant crust on the table.
Be sure to follow the dough proportions and the recipe so that the buns turn out great.
Start baking only in a good mood, putting all your love into baking. Baking in a good mood and with a great attitude, otherwise nothing good will come of it.
Your mood will be transferred to the baking, and therefore, having eaten a similar bun for breakfast, each family member will be in a good mood all day, and therefore any task will be subject to it.
In fact, recipes do not always indicate what can be used to grease the buns before baking or after cooking. Many housewives ask this question when starting to bake at home.
Grease the buns really makes a big difference. The final result of the appearance of the baked buns will depend on this procedure. It takes some effort to make the buns shine.
What and how to smear
I recommend greasing your baked goods using a silicone brush, which you can buy at any kitchenware store. Today, such a product is not uncommon and it is likely that you already have a similar kitchen attribute in your home.
If you don’t have this brush at hand, then you can replace it with a brush made from goose feathers, tea bags, or a gauze swab. In fact, the instrument plays a secondary role. You need to be able to act correctly.
The hostess should perform light movements, almost weightless. Get creative in the kitchen, creating real culinary masterpieces in the oven that will certainly delight your loved ones!
Baking Grease Recipes
I know of a variety of options for coating baked goods for a pop of color. I will present this information in this article, and you read it to the end and decide which recipe suits you best.
The result will be the same: beautiful and rosy buns baked in the oven.
Chicken egg lubrication
The most common way to grease the buns is to simply coat the chicken. egg. It is customary to use it in different variations, for example, just the yolk or the whole egg.
In the first case, the baked goods will be covered with a yellowish, bright crust with a rich taste. If you want to get a more moderate shade, you should dilute the yolk with milk.
Mix the mixture well, and then you need to grease the buns with it. If you wish, you can add sugar to the batch, then the coating will have less gloss.
Dilute the chickens. the egg can be sour cream, water, sugar. Try different variations of this method, choosing the best recipe for yourself, pampering your loved ones with delicious pastries.
After your efforts, you will receive a lot of compliments in your direction. This makes greasing baked goods a breeze.
Brewing tea
The baked goods will have a golden brown crust, but don't expect shine. You can lubricate the buns with sweet tea, just brew it stronger.
Ingredients: 3 tbsp. Sahara; 100 ml of boiling water for infusion.
Cooking algorithm:
- Stir the mixture and let stand for a couple of minutes.
- Brush the cooled tea onto the buns.
By the way, in this case it would be appropriate to take a tea bag instead of a brush and lubricate it with it. There is another popular recipe for greasing buns, which modern housewives like.
Ingredients: 1 tbsp. flour and 100 ml of boiling water; 3 tbsp. Sahara.
Algorithm of actions:
- Mix all ingredients.
- Grease the baked goods.
The result will delight you with the bright matte shade of the buns.
Milk glazing
To improve the external characteristics of the buns, you should use warm milk. When the buns are almost ready, you need to take them out of the oven and use a silicone brush to apply warm milk to the top of the dough.
Do this as quickly as possible and send the baked goods to the oven to finish baking. As a result, the buns will be covered with a delicious crust with golden brown sides.
Sweet buns can be made shiny if you use not just warm milk for greasing, but sweeten it with sugar. Delight your family with baking often, and then go about your business.
Water glazing
This method will appeal to all those housewives who want to bake beautiful pastries, but do not want to go to the grocery store.
By brushing sweet baked goods with plain water, you can ensure that the crust has a bright color and the dough becomes softer.
Some housewives sweeten the water and begin to grease the rolls with it. The result will be a bright, glossy glaze on the buns. By the way, if you want to achieve a similar goal, you need to take a simple sweet soda and grease the buns.
You will be surprised by the results and will always grease so that the buns are even more appetizing.
Vegetable oil
Vegetable oil will help you realize your desire to bake pies with a soft crust. You can take any type, be it just sunflower, corn or olive.
We must warn you that you should not expect a bright and glossy crust from vegetable oil glazing.
Lubricate the plant. butter not only buns, but also all other baked goods made from puff pastry or stretch dough. This must be done before baking.
But if you decide to soften the yeast or butter dough, it is better to grease it with vegetable oil when it is ready, but when the buns are still hot.
Sour cream based glaze
This recipe is appreciated by many housewives.
You need to take: sugar; flour; sl. butter and sour cream.
Algorithm of actions:
- Mix sour cream with flour.
- I add melted butter, but pre-cooled.
- Add sugar to the mixture and stir again. You need to get a smooth homogeneous mass.
- I cover the baked goods with glaze.
A mixture of butter and chicken yolk
Butter glaze can be used not only for buns, but also for not very sweet pies.
Ingredients: 2 tbsp. melted sl. butter (can be replaced with margarine); 1 PC. chickens yolk.
Algorithm of actions:
- In the composition of the next add butter and yolk.
- I grind the mass so that it has a homogeneous composition.
The resulting lubricant will perfectly complement the dough. The buns will become soft, and they will be decorated with a glossy crust with bright reflections of the sun. Such buns were on every grandmother’s table in our childhood.
Mixture of butter and flour
The recipe for making glaze is very simple.
Ingredients: melted l. oil; water; flour.
Cooking algorithm:
- Sl. Melt the butter and let it cool.
- I mix the words. oil with cold water.
- I add flour. I grind the mass.
- I grease the buns with the mixture and send them to bake.
If the buns are sweet, add sugar to the mixture. By the way, it is not necessary to always add sugar to the glaze. You can grease the rolls with the mixture, and then crush the sugar. During baking, it will dissolve evenly and be absorbed into the dough.
Solar glazing
This recipe will appeal to all lovers of bright baked goods. The whole point is that the grease will be bright and sunny. This effect is due to the addition of the solar spice turmeric.
It has its own spicy taste, which many fans of healthy food like.
Components: 1 pc. chickens egg; milk; turmeric.
Algorithm of actions:
- I'm whipping chickens. egg.
- I pour in the milk and add some turmeric, just a little bit.
- I mix and grease the baked goods.
Topping for buns
You can add brightness to products not only with the help of glazing. To make the buns even brighter, more aromatic, beautiful and appetizing, I recommend using: sesame seeds, poppy seeds, coconut flakes, sesame seeds, crushed pumpkin or sunflower seeds.
Pre-roasted oats are an excellent alternative for oatmeal baking. flakes. To prevent the topping from falling off, you need to grease the baked goods before applying it.
Cheese topping for delicious buns
The cheese topping will certainly provide unsweetened rolls with a golden-brown and appetizing crust. In this case, lubrication of the dough is not needed at all. It is worth making several cuts in the buns after proofing, or simply pushing a couple of holes with a knife.
Add grated cheese and salt to them. butter and crushed garlic. The buns will turn out aromatic, and even with a tasty, nutritious topping. Your loved ones will be delighted with such a treat.
Sometimes, even the most experienced housewife can get busy in the kitchen and completely forget about greasing the baked goods for shine. There is no need to be upset at all in this case.
- The finished products will also look wonderful if you know one secret: when you take the buns out of the oven, you can brush them with plain water. The water can also be sweetened.
- Place the rolls on a wire rack, covered with a kitchen towel. If you are afraid to smear the towel with baked goods, you can put paper on top of the buns, and only then cover them.
Each of the above options will be useful to the hostess. We all choose the recipe that is not only the easiest, but also affordable.
But it’s interesting to try a new lubricant for the buns each time to make them shine, adding variety to your table. Don’t be afraid to experiment, because in culinary arts this skill is always welcome!
My video recipe
Whether you like it or not, you have to cook 😂 Well, but seriously, sometimes you just want to pamper your loved one. Yes Yes Sometimes , so that my love will not be deposited on his sides.
But I’m not on top level with all types of tests. But I’m friends with store-bought puff pastry.
In this review we will test puff pastry dough "Morozko". Why I prefer yeast to non-yeast, it’s simple - baked goods from the former do not crumble.
This dough is affordable: 60-90 rubles, which can be bought in convenience stores.
And so we move from blah blah to the kitchen:
Frozen defrost the dough for 1.5 hours at room temperature.
What man doesn't love meat , so we make the filling: fry minced meat with onions , salt and pepper immediately.
To make our racks look beautiful, we prepare lubricant - take an egg and separate the white from the yolk in different containers. Next you will see the difference!
Open the package and cut the dough:
Push the dough a little from the center to the edges:
We go over the piece with a fork:
Spread the cooled filling on half, leaving the dough around the edges for clamping:
Cover with the other half and press the edges with your fingers, then go over them with a fork for beauty:
Using a sharp knife, make notches in the dough so that excess steam escapes and the puff pastries come out of the oven beautifully:
While the puff pastries are rising on a greased baking sheet, preheat the oven to 200 degrees:
Lubricate some of the puffs with a little egg white, others with yolk:
That's it... put it in the oven at 180 degrees for about 15 minutes. Do not open the oven while baking, just watch through the window!
After a couple of minutes they have already increased in volume:
After 10 minutes:
15 minutes have passed. It's time to get:
Well, here’s how we see the difference in the grease: those greased with yolk are more rosy and the crust is crispier, while those greased with egg white are lighter and have a more delicate-tasting top. Everything is for everyone...
Experiment! My husband was left full and satisfied!
Let's summarize... I liked the dough:
✔ delicious
✔ when turning the roll, the dough does not break
✔ the manufacturer did not spare film when wrapping the dough
✔ saving time and sometimes nerves
✔ for the lazy
✔also for busy people
There were some downsides:
✔ not an ideal composition. Do you want perfect!? Do it yourself 😂
Homemade baked goods should not only be tasty, but also beautiful. An important point in creating a culinary work of art, what to grease the baked goods with? NameWoman will share with you the working secrets of golden brown crust and shine.
What do you use to coat your baked goods?
Most popular option coating dough (absolutely any homemade product - from bread to cookies) - with egg. Moreover, both a whole lightly beaten (or even scrambled) egg with a small amount of salt or sugar (sometimes without), and one yolk or one white are used. The yolk gives the baked goods a more golden color, and if you use only the white, the crust turns out more brittle and crispier.
The ideal home tool for coating pies, pies, bread and cookies is a silicone brush. It is very comfortable and soft, and does not press the dough that has already been proofed at all.
The simplest option coating for smoothness and shine of pies and bread, if the egg suddenly runs out - sweet water. It is used not even by lubricating, but by sprinkling baked goods, distributing a small amount of water from a spray bottle over the surface of the baked goods. This can be done after proofing and repeated shortly before the end of baking.
What else can you grease pies, pies and bread before baking to make it both beautiful and tasty:
Vegetable oil;
Melted butter;
Milk;
Sour cream or mayonnaise (suitable for pies, but the coating should be a very thin layer).
Store-bought baked goods do not always impress with both taste and appearance, but if they impress, they will be remembered for a long time. When I told a chef I knew about the wonderful Stolle pies in Domodedovo, he responded by sharing the simple secret of the most shiny and rosy pastries. Instead of eggs, you can use sweet and strong black tea. Checked! It works, “tea” homemade pies can really compete with the beauty of Stolle’s pastries.
If you suddenly forgot to grease the pies before baking, you can add shine to them after. Immediately after the oven, brush the finished products with water (may or may not be sweetened) and, placing the pies on a wire rack, cover them with a towel on top. If you don’t want to get the towel dirty, you can “protect” it by placing paper between it and the baked goods.
Another secret from a housewife I know: you can add a little sunny turmeric to a beaten egg or milk intended for coating homemade pastries or bread for added brightness.
Not only coating, but also sprinkling
Sprinkles will make your homemade baked goods even more beautiful, aromatic and appetizing. Use sesame, cumin, poppy seeds or even coconut flakes; for bread, whole or crushed sunflower or pumpkin seeds are suitable; for oat bread, toasted oat flakes are a wonderful choice. Before sprinkling, the baked goods must be coated.
