This is a fantastic, age-old recipe that I have always enjoyed. This was prepared by my mother and grandmother with a unique twist.
| Prep Time: | 45 mins |
| Cook Time: | 50 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 55 mins |
| Servings: | 36 |
| Yield: | 36 piragi |
Ingredients
- 5 cups all-purpose flour, divided
- 2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 pound bacon, chopped
- 2 medium onions, diced
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- cooking spray
- 4 large eggs, beaten
Instructions
- Combine 2 cups flour, sugar, salt, and yeast for dough in a large mixing bowl; stir until well combined. Cut in butter with a fork until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Add warm water and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Add eggs and 1 cup flour; mix until combined and thick. Stir in remaining 2 cups of flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until the dough comes together.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Cover with a damp towel and let rest for 20 minutes. Punch dough down, cover, and let rise until double in size, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
- While the dough is rising, cook bacon for filling in a large skillet over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until browned and crisp, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove bacon to a paper towel-lined plate. Drain and discard all but 1 tablespoon grease from the pan.
- Add onion to the bacon grease and sauté over medium heat until softened, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat. Combine onion and bacon in a bowl, season with salt and pepper, and set aside until dough has risen.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray two large baking pans with cooking spray. Place beaten eggs in a bowl.
- Divide dough into 3 pieces, then divide each piece into about 12 balls. Roll each ball to pizza dough-thickness. Use a small spoon to scoop some onion-bacon mixture into the center. Brush egg wash on the dough around the filling, then fold the edges/corners up and over the filling. Place piragi in the prepared baking pans with the seams facing down, and brush the tops with egg wash.
- Place one pan in the preheated oven and bake for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and brush the tops with more egg wash. Return to the oven and bake until golden brown, about 20 more minutes.
- Repeat to bake remaining piragi.
- You can be very creative with these and make them as large or small as you like. Feel free to add any filling you like!
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