Easter Babka Recipe

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Ingredients
19
Count
Nutrition
613
Calories
Total time
290
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup milk
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1/4 cup lukewarm milk
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup melted butter
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tbsp rum or 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp water

Directions:

  1. Scald 1 cup milk and slowly add 3/4 cup flour and beat thoroughly.
  2. Cool.
  3. Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup warm milk, mix in 1 tbsp sugar.
  4. Add to the cooled flour mixture and beat well.
  5. Let rise until double in bulk (30 minutes).
  6. Add salt to eggs yolks and beat until thick and lemon colored.
  7. Add sugar, vanilla and almond extract and continue to beat.
  8. Add to sponge (flour-yeast mixture), add remaining flower.
  9. Knead for ten minutes.
  10. Add butter and knead 10 minutes or until dough no longer sticks to your fingers.
  11. Add fruit and nuts mix into dough, cover and let rise until double in bulk (60 minutes).
  12. Punch down and let rise again (60 minutes).
  13. Punch down.
  14. Butter a fluted tube pan and sprinkle with bread crumbs.
  15. Fill with dough to cover 1/3 of the pan.
  16. Let rise 1 hour* and bake at 350°F for 50 minutes.
  17. Cool and decorate with lucre.
  18. Lucre: Mix ingredients and spread over top of cake, letting it drip down the sides.
  19. Note- rising times are approximate.
  20. Keep dough covered in a warm place free from drafts.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 613.45 Kcal (2568 kJ)
Calories from fat 250.56 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 27.84g 43%
Cholesterol 239.72mg 80%
Sodium 1321.55mg 55%
Potassium 280.44mg 6%
Total Carbs 71.06g 24%
Sugars 28.62g 114%
Dietary Fiber 5.51g 22%
Protein 15.89g 32%
Vitamin C 2.9mg 5%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 3%
Iron 4.1mg 23%
Calcium 202.6mg 20%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 301.53 Kcal (1262 kJ)
Calories from fat 123.16 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.68g 43%
Cholesterol 117.83mg 80%
Sodium 649.58mg 55%
Potassium 137.84mg 6%
Total Carbs 34.93g 24%
Sugars 14.07g 114%
Dietary Fiber 2.71g 22%
Protein 7.81g 32%
Vitamin C 1.4mg 5%
Iron 2mg 23%
Calcium 99.6mg 20%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 13.8
    Points
  • 16
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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