Recipes for savory pastries in eight different forms. You can even do it without puff pastry!

Are you expecting a visitor and want to offer her something different instead of her favorite dessert?

Get inspired by our savory pastry recipes!

Crackers, cookies, bars, pretzels, there are no limits to imagination.

Offer them with a variety of cheeses and cold meats or serve them with a variety of dips.

You will see that not only the visitor will be excited!

The best savory pastries to go with wine

Sitting in the evening with a glass of wine is one of the ways to pleasantly end a hard day. Prepare something to munch on!

Ingredients:

• 1 and 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup of water
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of sugar
• 1 teaspoon of rosemary
• 1 and 1/2 tbsp olive oil
• coarse salt for sprinkling

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
2. Mix flour, salt, sugar, chopped rosemary in a bowl and mix thoroughly.
3. Add water and oil.
4. Work into a dough.
5. Roll out the dough on a rolling pin into a rectangle approximately half a centimeter high.
6. Then cut it into squares with a knife or pizza cutter.
7. Transfer the squares to a tray lined with baking paper, brush with water and sprinkle with salt.
8. Pierce each square with a fork before placing in the oven.
9. Bake for approximately 10-12 minutes until golden.

Savory bread with niva

For many, Niva with a fresh roll or bun is a gourmet experience in itself. This recipe combines 2 in 1 in an original way.

Ingredients:

• 500 g of flour
• 200 g of Niva cheese
• 30 g of fresh yeast
• 150 g of water
• 100 g of butter
• 8 g of salt
• 1 egg

Method:

1. Prepare the yeast in a small bowl
2. On a rolling pin, make a mound of flour with a hole in the middle, into which you then add finely grated niva, salt, melted butter, water and yeast.
3. Work everything thoroughly with your hands into a smooth dough.
4. Then let the dough rise on a roll covered with a tea towel for approximately 50 minutes.
5. After the dough has risen, roll it into a rectangle approximately one and a half centimeters high.
6. You then cut quarters, rectangles, triangles or other shapes from this rectangle with a knife.
7. Place these shapes on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and let them rise for a while longer.
8. Place in an oven preheated to 180°C and bake for approximately 20-25 minutes until golden.

Homemade saltine crackers with cheese

Quick, easy and delicious! That’s a few words to describe this delicacy. If you like a spicy taste, add chili or other spices to the dough!

Ingredients:

• 170 g of cheddar cheese
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1 tbsp of milk
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 175°C.
2. In a bowl, thoroughly mix the grated cheddar, softened butter, flour, salt and red pepper flakes.
3. Then add milk and work into a dough.
4. Using a rolling pin, shape this dough into a rectangle, approximately half a centimeter high.
5. Use a knife or pizza cutter to cut the dough into squares or other shapes.
6. Then pierce each cracker with a fork or a sharp skewer.
7. Place the crackers on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and bake for approximately 12-15 minutes.

Crispy pretzels not only for beer

Salty pretzels taste great with beer and other snacks. Bake them yourself at home. Correct shaping is just a matter of practice!

Ingredients:

• 4 cups of flour
• 1 and 1/2 cups warm water
• 2 teaspoons of dry yeast
• 1 tbsp of sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• coarse salt for sprinkling

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
2. Line the tray with baking paper.
3. Dissolve the yeast thoroughly in a bowl of warm water.
4. Then add sugar, salt and mix thoroughly again until the individual ingredients dissolve.
5. Gradually add flour to the mixture.
6. Make a smooth, non-sticky dough with a wooden spoon, hands or a kneader. Add more flour if necessary.
7. Let the dough rise for at least 40 minutes.
8. Then transfer the dough from the bowl onto a floured roll, knead it for a while and then divide it into 6-8 equally sized pieces with the help of a knife. It depends on how big you want the pretzels to be.
9. Roll out individual pieces of dough into rolls, at least 40 centimeters long. Again, it depends on how big your pretzels are.
10. Then form individual pretzels from the rollers, place them on a baking sheet and leave to rise for at least another 10 minutes.
11. Brush the surface of the pretzels with beaten egg and sprinkle with coarse salt.
12. Place in the preheated oven and, depending on the size and thickness of the pretzels, bake for approximately 20-25 minutes until golden.

Saltine crackers with parmesan cheese

The mixture of parmesan and herbs makes these cookies not only tasteful, but also a unique aromatic experience. Close your eyes and you’ll feel like you’re in sunny Italy.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon of dried minced garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon of oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon parsley
• 4 tablespoons of butter
• 1/4 cup milk

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. In a bowl, mix all the dry ingredients, i.e. flour, Parmesan cheese, herbs and spices.
3. Mix and add softened butter and milk.
4. Process into a dough, by hand or you can also use a suitable food processor.
5. Then transfer the dough to the roll, roll it out into a rectangle and use a knife or Christmas cookie cutters to cut out different shapes.
6. Then transfer the salty biscuits to a baking sheet lined with baking paper and bake for approximately 15-20 minutes until golden.

In an airtight container, this savory pastry will easily last for three or four days.

Yeasted savory rolls

At the end, you can sprinkle the rolls not only with poppy seeds and sesame seeds, but also with flax, sunflower or pumpkin seeds. It depends on which one you prefer!

Ingredients:

• 5 cups of flour
• 200 g of processed cheese
• 1 cup warm milk
• 2 teaspoons of dry yeast
• 1 tbsp of sugar
• 2 tablespoons of oil
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 egg white
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• poppy seeds and sesame seeds for sprinkling

Method:

1. Make yeast from yeast, sugar and a little milk. Let stand for 5 minutes.
2. In the meantime, mix the flour and salt in a bowl.
3. Then add yeast to them.
4. Mix lightly and add the rest of the milk, egg yolks, oil and finely chopped cheese.
5. Knead by hand into a smooth, non-sticky dough.
6. Leave to rise for at least 20 minutes.
7. Then roll out the dough with a rolling pin, cut it into triangles with a knife, and then roll it into a roll. Choose the size and strength of the dough according to how big rolls you want to make.
8. Transfer the rolls to a baking sheet and let them rise for a while longer.
9. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
10. Finally, brush the rolls with egg white and sprinkle with poppy seeds and sesame seeds.
11. Bake in the preheated oven for approximately 20-25 minutes until golden.

Garlic knots with herbs

The secret of this salty delicacy is mainly hidden in its garlic-herb dressing.

Ingredients:

For the dough

• 3 and 1/2 cups flour
• 1 and 1/3 cup warm water
• 2 teaspoons of dry yeast
• 1 tbsp of sugar
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon of dried minced garlic
• 3/4 teaspoon salt

For smearing

• 5 tablespoons of butter
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1 teaspoon of Italian herbs
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
• 2 tbsp fresh parsley
• salt

Method:

1. In a bowl, prepare yeast from yeast, sugar and a little water. Let rest for 5 minutes.
2. Then add olive oil, salt, garlic powder and half the amount of flour to the leaven.
3. Mix and then add the rest of the flour and water.
4. Then work it by hand or with a kneader into a smooth dough.
5. Then transfer the dough to another oiled bowl, cover with aluminum foil and leave to rise in a warm place for approximately 60 minutes.
6. Then turn the dough out onto a rolling pin and make sixteen pieces of the same size.
7. Then process them into approximately 30 cm long rolls, from which you tie knots.
8. Place the knots on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and let them rest for a while.
9. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180°C and prepare the garlic dressing.
10. Melt the butter in a saucepan, add crushed garlic cloves, Italian herbs and salt.
11. Brush the knots with approximately half of this mixture and bake for 20-25 minutes.

After removing from the oven, spread the still warm pastry again with the rest of the garlic butter and sprinkle with Parmesan and chopped parsley.

You can also watch the individual preparation steps via the video recipe!

Homemade Garlic Knots | Sally's Baking Recipes

Salty sticks with mozzarella

Do you like pizza? In that case, you will definitely like these bars too!

Ingredients:

• 500 g of purchased pizza dough or homemade pizza dough
• 1 and 3/4 cups mozzarella
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 teaspoon of dried basil

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 220°C.
2. Roll out the pizza dough on baking paper into a rectangle.
3. Mix the melted butter, crushed garlic and basil in a bowl.
4. Then brush the dough with this mixture.
5. Sprinkle the dough with grated mozzarella.
6. Cut the dough prepared in this way into individual sticks with a knife.
7. Place in the preheated oven and bake for approximately 10-15 minutes until golden.

Savory pastries are not only made from puff pastry

Even though many people think of the term savory pastry primarily as various sticks, snails and other shapes made of puff pastry, this is far from the truth.

Savory delicacies can also be prepared from leavened dough or dough enriched with various types of cheese, yogurt or sour cream. Apart from them, various herbs and spices are also an integral ingredient of this type of pastry. It can be said that there are no limits to imagination. It depends on what flavors you prefer.

Useful tools for preparing savory pastries

The preparation of savory pastries is usually not difficult at all. In addition to basic tools such as a bowl, a wooden spoon, a roller or a rolling pin, a pizza cutter will come in handy especially for crackers, which guarantees wavy edges of the crackers.

In addition, you can also use a variety of cookie cutters, such as circles, hearts or stars, which you would otherwise use for Christmas cookies, for various shapes, from both unleavened and leavened dough. You can easily and quickly create salty biscuits of various shapes.