Yeast Dough That Rises in Cold Water

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 funt wheat flour
• 1 1/2 spoon melted butter
• 3 eggs
• 3 zolotnik dry yeast
• 1 stakan milk
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

1. Evening: dissolve yeast in warm water with 2 tsp flour (~1/2 stakan) and leave overnight.
2. Morning: add milk, melted butter, flour, eggs, sugar and salt; beat about an hour.
3. Tie in a cloth and submerge in cold water; when it floats, beat down.
4. Fill the pirog, let rise, glaze with egg, dust with rusk crumbs, bake 1/2-1 hour.