Babci's Babka
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
1 babka
- Serves:
- 16
ingredients
- 1 (1/4 ounce) envelope dry yeast
- 1⁄2 cup light cream or 1/2 cup half-and-half
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- 1⁄3 cup light golden raisin
-
Cheese Topping
- 8 ounces cream cheese (blend cream cheese sugar, and add egg yolks, continue to blend well with mixer until smooth)
- 2 egg yolks
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
directions
- Dissolve yeast in warm cream.
- Combine with half the sugar and half the flour and let double in size.
- Add all remaining ingrdients except the raisins and knead until smooth.
- It will be sticky. Add more flour as necessary to keep it from sticking to the counter. (I usually use at least 1 1/2 cups extra.)
- Add the raisins while continuing to knead.
- Grease a tube or bundt pan and dust with flour.
- Place dough in pan, cover with plastic wrap and a clean cloth and leave in a very warm draft-free place until double once again.
- Spread the top with cheese topping. Bake at 350 for about 40 minutes or until golden brown.
- NOTE: I use a heating pad to keep the bowl warm and keep the dough rising.
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I'm a Systems Director by trade, but I love to cook and don't get much chance (only on weekends) I love the 60's comfort food that I grew up on, but with today's health-conciousness, it's hard to find such recipes. I love recipezaar for this!