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If you were a fan of Seinfeld, you have to remember the dinner party and the hilarious conversation about Babka ” Another Babka?”.
Well, Babka (which means grandmother or old lady in Polish) is a typical sweet “bread” popular in the Jewish communities in Central and Eastern Europe. It is also known as krantz cake in the US, but the main idea of the dessert is still the same. The most known babka is the chocolate babka, but also cinnamon babka or Nutella babka.
I will show you my version of Babka, which may not be the exact traditional one, but it’s my favorite version ever, so flavored and so good, learned, then modified from an ex-university Jewish friend.
[ I hope you will use better yeast than I have used, but it was the only one I could get during the quarantine]
Ingredients:
Babka dough:
flour 500g.
fresh yeast 25g. (or dry yeast 7g.)
sugar 125g.
warm milk (not hot) 175ml.
2 eggs
oil (corn, sunflower) 75ml.
zest of one lemon
vanilla extract (optional)
salt 7g.
Filling:
softened butter 100g.
dark cocoa powder 3 tablespoons
sugar 100g. (optional)
rum extract 2 teaspoons
nuts (optional)
Eggwash
one egg
milk 2 tablespoons
Instructions (you can use a stand mixer or manually):
1. Mix two tablespoons of sugar with warm milk and yeast. Let to activate for 10 minutes.
2. Using a stand mixer, mix the eggs with the rest of sugar until they become foamy (for about 5 minutes).
3. Add the milk and yeast mixture and the lemon zest.
4. Using the dough hook, add half of the flour quantity (previously sifted) and knead for 5 minutes.
5. Add the rest of the flour mixed with salt and knead for 10 minutes. Then let to rest for the other 10 minutes.
6. Restart kneading and add the oil gradually. Keep kneading for the other 20 minutes, until you get a smooth dough.
7. Let the dough rise in a warm place for 50 minutes – 1 hour.
8. Knead the dough to eliminate the gas bubbles created and divide it into two balls. Let them chill for 10 minutes.
9. Meanwhile, mix the butter with cocoa, rum, and sugar.
10. Roll out the dough and spread the chocolate filling. Roll each of them as in the video and cut vertically. (watch the video instructions)
11. Braid the two babka doughs and put in a bread tray, then let to rise for 2 hours, in a warm place.
12. Brush with egg wash just before baking, then bake in the preheated oven at 180°C for 20 minutes, then at 170°C for the other 30 minutes.
Enjoy!
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