Chocolate Babka
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Ready In: 3 hrs
Serves: 18
Yields: 2 loaves
Ingredients
Dough
- 3⁄4 cup milk
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 2 cups bread flour
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1⁄4 cup white sugar
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 1 large egg
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
Filling
- 5 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons cinnamon, ground
- 1⁄3 cup white sugar
- 1⁄4 cup butter, chilled
Streusel Topping
- 1⁄4 cup powdered sugar
- 1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1⁄4 cup butter, chilled
- 1 egg, beaten with 1 tablespoon water for egg wash
Directions
- Generously grease 2, 9x5 inch bread pans.
- In a small saucepan, warm the milk and butter until butter melts.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the bread flour, 2 cups all-purpose flour, yeast, and 1/4 cup sugar.
- Add water, the milk-butter mixture, egg, and salt to dry ingredients and mix well.
- Knead dough until smooth and elastic, about 15 minutes.
- Cover dough with a warm, damp cloth and let rise in a warm draft-free area until doubled in size, about 1 to 1-1/2 hours.
- For the chocolate filling: In a medium bowl, stir together the finely chopped chocolate, cinnamon, and 1/4 cup sugar.
- Cut in 1/4 cup chilled butter.
- For the streusel topping: In a medium bowl, combine the powdered sugar and 1/4 cup all-purpose flour.
- Cut in 1/4 cup chilled butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- When the dough has doubled, punch down and cut it into two equal pieces.
- Loosely shape each piece into a ball.
- Cover the dough with a warm, damp cloth and let it rest for 10 minutes.
- Roll out one portion on a lightly floured surface to form a 15 inch square.
- Sprinkle with half the chocolate filling, roll up to form a log, and seal the seam and ends.
- Twist the dough, like wringing out a towel.
- Bring the two ends together, folding the dough in half.
- Twist the dough again on itself, in a twisting motion, to form the loaf.
- Place loaf in prepared pan, cover with warm, damp cloth and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes.
- Repeat with second dough ball.
- Preheat an oven to 350°F.
- Brush the loaves with the egg wash, if desired.
- Sprinkle streusel on top.
- Bake the loaves for 25 to 30 minutes until the bread is a deep golden brown.
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