Babka, a Polish sweet bread
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INGREDIENTS
  • Cooking Time: 35
  • Servings: 16
  • Preparation Time: 10
  • 2 lb loaf
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup warm water
  • 1/4 # butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 cups bread flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup sugar (plus 1 tsp to sprinkle on top)
  • 1 pack yeast
  • 3/4 cup golden raisins
DIRECTIONS
  1. Place all ingredients in your machines fully assembled pan and in the order
  2. specified by your machines manufacturer. Select the Basic or White cycle and
  3. press start. After the first 10 minutes of kneading check the dough, it should
  4. form a smooth round ball that when touched with your finger is tacky. However,
  5. when you pull your finger away no dough should stick to it. If the dough is too
  6. dry add 1 tbsp. of water at a time until the dough is the proper consistency. If
  7. the dough is too wet add 1 tbsp. of flour at a time until the dough is the
  8. proper consistency. It is normal for all recipes to need some sort of an
  9. adjustment.