08/09/2026
I Made These Fluffy Buns With My Little Helper 🥰 | Easy Recipe
Soft, fluffy yeast buns filled with sweet cheese , finished with a buttery sugar crumb topping. Very Easy To Make at Home
Ingredients
For the dough
500 ml warm milk
250 ml kefir 2.5%
250g greek yougurt
300 g granulated sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp dry yeast
4 eggs
200 g butter, melted
Vanilla paste for taste
Approximately 2.4 kg flour, or enough to make a soft, slightly tacky dough
The important instruction is to add enough flour to obtain a soft dough
For the cheese filling
500g tvorog (farmer's cheese/quark)
250 g philadelphia cream cheese
200g greek yougurt
Sugar, to taste
1 egg
2 tbsp cornstarch
Vanilla paste
For the crumb topping
50 g butter
3–4 tbsp flour
3 tbsp sugar
For brushing
1 egg, beaten, for brushing the sides of the buns
Method
1. Place the warm kefir and warm milk in a large mixing bowl.
Add the sugar and dry yeast and mix well.
The liquid should be warm, not hot, so you don't kill the yeast.
2. Make the dough
Add the salt and eggs to the kefir-and-milk mixture and mix well.
Pour in the melted butter and add the Vanilla paste
Gradually begin adding the flour, mixing continuously.
Keep adding flour until you have a very soft, elastic dough. Don't make it unnecessarily stiff with flour — the dough should remain soft.
Knead until smooth and elastic. At the add a bit of oil
3. Let the dough rise
Cover the bowl and place it somewhere warm.
Allow the dough to rise until it has approximately doubled in size.
4. Prepare the cheese filling
While the dough is rising, make the filling
Combine all the ingredients
Mix until the filling is smooth and creamy.
The filling should be thick enough to sit in the center of the buns without running
5. Prepare the crumb topping
Place the 50 g butter, 3–4 tbsp flour and 3 tbsp sugar in a bowl.
Rub everything together with your fingers until you have a coarse, crumbly mixture.
Set aside.
6. Shape the buns
Once the dough has doubled, gently deflate it and divide it into individual portions.
Roll each portion into a smooth ball and place the balls on a baking tray, leaving space between them.
Flatten each ball slightly. Leave the to rise for about 15-20min in a warm place
Then Make a deep indentation in the center of each piece of dough. You can use the bottom of a glass or simply press down carefully with your fingers.
This creates the characteristic well for the cheese filling.
Brush with the egg
7. Add the filling
Spoon a generous amount of the sweet cheese filling into the center of each bun.
Try to keep the filling inside the indentation rather than spreading it over the dough.
Now can add some jam of fruits. I added blackberry Jam and some fresh blueberries
8. Add the crumb topping
Sprinkle some of the prepared buttery flour-and-sugar crumbs over the cheese filling.
9. Bake
Bake the buns in a preheated oven at approximately 180°C until the dough is fully baked and the tops are beautifully golden.
The exact baking time will depend on the size of your buns and your oven, but roughly 20–30 minutes is a reasonable range.
Keep an eye on them toward the end: you want the dough golden brown while the cheese filling remains soft and creamy.
12. Cool and serve
Allow the buns to cool slightly before serving.
They are particularly delicious warm, when the dough is soft and fluffy and the sweet tvorog filling is still creamy.
Enjoy🫶😋
