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
- Place all ingredients in your machines fully assembled pan and in the order
- specified by your machines manufacturer. Select the Basic or White cycle and
- press start. After the first 10 minutes of kneading check the dough, it should
- form a smooth round ball that when touched with your finger is tacky. However,
- when you pull your finger away no dough should stick to it. If the dough is too
- dry add 1 tbsp. of water at a time until the dough is the proper consistency. If
- the dough is too wet add 1 tbsp. of flour at a time until the dough is the
- proper consistency. It is normal for all recipes to need some sort of an
- adjustment.