EASTER BREAD, OR UKRAINIAN BABKA
Traditional Ukrainian Babka, or Easter Bread! I take you step by step through making this traditional bread and even made a video to help you out!
Provided by Karlynn Johnston
Categories Breakfast
Time 2h20m
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Place the butter, milk and 3/4 cup of white sugar in a pot and bring it to a near boil, you want to slightly scald the milk. You can also heat it in the microwave as well to the point of scalded (near boil).
- Add in the cup of cold water and let the mixture cool.
- Take the 1/2 cup of warm water and 1 tsp of white sugar, mix in your yeast thoroughly and let it start bubbling away.
- Beat your egg yolks and turmeric (or saffron if you want traditional). The turmeric gives the bread it's lovely color. (You can also use 3 whole eggs instead of the 6 egg yolks but the yolks make a richer bread. So 3 eggs OR 6 yolks)
- Add the egg mixture to the warm milk mixture. You need to let the saffon dissolve in the warm mixture before you move on, if you use saffron!
- Then add the yeast mixture to the bowl.
- I used the mixer for this now because it is one heck of a job. Mix the salt into your flour then add in the first four cups of flour, then your raisins. Then slowly add another 4-5 cups until the dough is slightly sticky. The dough should stick to your hand very slightly, but be a nice elastic dough.
- My dough always climbs the hook eventually so I used the mixer to get it combined and kneaded as much as possible then removed it and kneaded it on the counter for a while.
- Once that's done it needs to rise. Put it into a bowl(s) in a nice warm place and cover it with a damp tea towel.
- Once it's doubled in size, it's time to punch it down and put it in the tins to rise again. You want to fill the tins only half way with punched down dough, this dough rises like you wouldn't believe!
- Grease the ever lovin' heck out of those coffee tins. (I use the medium size, the 13-16 oz coffee tins, NOT the large ones!) This would make a perfect 7 tins. You can also make it in a loaf pan.
- Time to let it rise again, Let the dough rise until it is almost at the top of the can. They will rise in the oven as well when they start baking, which is why you want them only to rise barely to the top of the tin.
- Remove all the oven racks except the bottom one. Kick the tires and light the fires to 325 degrees.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes on the very bottom rack, the tops get very golden brown but don't fear, the inner part has to cook and the tops get brown and stay brown.
- Once they are nearly done, brush with the beaten egg and cook until the bread is finished.
- The bread will sound hollow on top when tapped & be a lovely brown.
- Cool very slightly in the tins then remove to make sure the bread doesn't sweat and the bottoms don't get soggy.
- If they stick slightly in the tins, twist and shake gently at the same time, they will pop right out.
- If they stick in the loaf pans, run a knife along the edge to free the bread then remove safely.
- Cool on racks for a couple of hours ... if you can wait!
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 10 g, Calories 741 kcal, Carbohydrate 118 g, Protein 16 g, Fat 23 g, SaturatedFat 13 g, Cholesterol 184 mg, Sodium 672 mg, Fiber 5 g, Sugar 18 g
EASTER BABKA
This delicious recipe for Easter babka comes from the "Martha Stewart Living" television show.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Breakfast & Brunch Recipes
Yield Makes 3 cakes
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, scald milk. Add butter and stir until melted. Remove pan from heat and let mixture cool to lukewarm.
- In a small bowl, stir yeast into warm water; let sit for 5 to 10 minutes, or until foamy.
- In a large bowl, beat eggs, yolks, and sugar until thick. Add salt, zests, vanilla, and liqueur. Stir to combine. Stir in milk mixture, then yeast.
- Add flour, a cupful at a time, until dough is moist but not sticky, mixing with a wooden spoon or your hands. Stir in almonds and raisins.
- Knead dough on a floured board, adding more flour if dough is too sticky, until dough comes away from your hands, about 6 minutes. Place dough in a very large buttered bowl.
- Cover dough with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour. Punch down and let rise again until doubled, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter three 9- or 10-inch kugelhopf or angel-food cake pans. Sprinkle pans with a tablespoon of confectioners' sugar, if desired. Divide dough into 3 portions; arrange in pans and cover loosely. Let dough rise to tops of pans, about 30 minutes.
- Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, until cakes are golden brown and tops make a hollow sound when tapped with knuckles. Cool for 5 minutes in pans; turn out onto racks and cool for 20 minutes more.
- Spoon glaze onto babka, allowing it to drip over sides.
UKRAINIAN EASTER BABKA
Ukrainian babka is a favorite slightly sweet yeast bread usually served at Easter. Learn how to make it easily with this traditional recipe.
Provided by Barbara Rolek
Categories Bread
Time 1h20m
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Gather the ingredients.
- Scald the milk and cool it to 110 F.
- Place 1/3 cup flour in a medium bowl and pour the cooled scalded milk over, beating until smooth. Set aside.
- In a measuring cup or small bowl, dissolve 2 teaspoons sugar in lukewarm water and stir in the yeast.
- Transfer the yeast mixture to the milk-flour paste, mixing well.
- Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until light and bubbly.
- Gather the ingredients.
- In a large bowl or stand mixer, beat the egg yolks , whole eggs, and salt.
- Add 1 cup sugar and continue beating until light.
- Beat in the butter, vanilla, and lemon zest .
- Add the sponge to this mixture and mix well.
- Add 6 cups flour and knead 7 minutes by machine or 10 minutes by hand.
- Knead in the optional raisins.
- Cover with greased plastic wrap and let rise until doubled.
- Punch down dough, knead a few times, and let it rise again.
- Grease 3 babka cylinders or food-grade coffee tins and fill each pan 1/3 full.
- Cover with greased plastic wrap and let rise until tripled.
- Brush tops with 1 large egg beaten with 2 tablespoons of milk or water.
- Heat oven to 375 F.
- Bake babkas 10 minutes.
- Then lower temperature to 325 F and bake 30 minutes.
- Then lower temperature to 275 F and bake 15 to 20 minutes longer. Cover tops with aluminum foil, if they are browning too quickly.
- Remove from the oven and let stand in the pan for 10 minutes.
- Turn loaves out of the pan, running a knife around them, if necessary, and cool completely on a wire rack.
- If desired, the cooled loaves can be iced with a simple confectioners' sugar glaze , letting it drip down the sides for a decorative effect.
- Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 181 kcal, Carbohydrate 23 g, Cholesterol 86 mg, Fiber 1 g, Protein 5 g, SaturatedFat 4 g, Sodium 130 mg, Sugar 6 g, Fat 7 g, ServingSize 3 babkas (36 servings), UnsaturatedFat 0 g
BABKA WIELKANOCNA: EASY POLISH EASTER BABKA
Steps:
- Gather the ingredients.
- In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast in warm water and set aside. If the mixture doesn't look bubbly after 15 minutes, it could mean your yeast is old. Start again with fresh yeast before proceeding to the next step.
- Place butter, sugar, and salt in a large bowl or stand mixer, and pour the scalded milk over it. Using the paddle attachment, mix until the butter has melted and the milk has cooled to 110 F or below. Mix in the vanilla and eggs. Add yeast and mix until well combined.
- Add the flour, lemon zest (if using), and raisins and mix thoroughly. The dough will be of a thick cake batter consistency.
- Heat oven to 350 F. Lightly coat a 10-inch babka pan , kugelhopf pan , Turk's head pan (turban pan), Bundt pan , or tube pan with cooking spray.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and cover lightly with greased plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk or until dough reaches the top of the pan but no higher.
- Bake about 40 to 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, or until an instant-read thermometer registers 190 F.
- Cool completely on a wire rack and dust with confectioners' sugar before serving or, immediately after cooling, with the optional icing.
- Gather the ingredients.
- In a small bowl, whisk together 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar, lemon juice, and boiling water until smooth.
- Drizzle over cooled cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 403 kcal, Carbohydrate 64 g, Cholesterol 78 mg, Fiber 2 g, Protein 8 g, SaturatedFat 8 g, Sodium 210 mg, Sugar 27 g, Fat 13 g, ServingSize 10-inch cake (12 servings), UnsaturatedFat 0 g
EASTER BABKA
A cake-like fruit and nut bread that is a tradition of a Polish Easter. The rest of the year, my grandmother would make a similar bread with just raisins and no frosting. Note the the prep time includes rising times. Recipe by request
Provided by Lorac
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 4h50m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Scald 1 cup milk and slowly add 3/4 cup flour and beat thoroughly.
- Cool.
- Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup warm milk, mix in 1 tbsp sugar.
- Add to the cooled flour mixture and beat well.
- Let rise until double in bulk (30 minutes).
- Add salt to eggs yolks and beat until thick and lemon colored.
- Add sugar, vanilla and almond extract and continue to beat.
- Add to sponge (flour-yeast mixture), add remaining flower.
- Knead for ten minutes.
- Add butter and knead 10 minutes or until dough no longer sticks to your fingers.
- Add fruit and nuts mix into dough, cover and let rise until double in bulk (60 minutes).
- Punch down and let rise again (60 minutes).
- Punch down.
- Butter a fluted tube pan and sprinkle with bread crumbs.
- Fill with dough to cover 1/3 of the pan.
- Let rise 1 hour* and bake at 350°F for 50 minutes.
- Cool and decorate with lucre.
- Lucre: Mix ingredients and spread over top of cake, letting it drip down the sides.
- Note- rising times are approximate.
- Keep dough covered in a warm place free from drafts.
UKRAINIAN COUNTRY BABKA
This Ukrainian Country Babka is not as rich, it has less eggs. Some Babka's may have as many as 30 eggs. You can also add pumpkin to this recipe for richer flavor. Perfect for special occasions.
Provided by Olga D
Categories Bread Yeast Bread Recipes Egg
Time 1h20m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a small bowl, combine 2 teaspoons sugar, 1/2 cup water, yeast, milk and 1 cup flour. Mix until well blended, then cover and allow to rise in a warm place until light and bubbly, about 30 minutes.
- In a large bowl, beat the eggs, salt and 1 cup white sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the melted butter and lemon zest. Stir in the sponge, then gradually mix in the flour. Knead in the bowl for about 10 minutes, then knead in the raisins. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume.
- Punch down dough and knead for a couple of turns then let it rise again. Grease 4 smaller coffee cans with soft butter. Fill the prepared pans about 1/3 full and let rise until the dough is even with the rim. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, then turn down the temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Continue baking the bread for another 40 minutes. Avoid letting the top get too brown, if it begins to brown too quickly, cover the top with aluminum foil. Remove baked loaves from the pans and cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 317 calories, Carbohydrate 34 g, Cholesterol 135.3 mg, Fat 18.4 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 5.7 g, SaturatedFat 10.8 g, Sodium 347.9 mg, Sugar 18.6 g
EASTER BABKA WITH ICING
Make and share this Easter Babka With Icing recipe from Food.com.
Provided by ElaineAnn
Categories Breads
Time 1h10m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Dissolve yeast in cream.
- Combine with half the sugar and flour and let double in size.
- Add all the remaining ingredients except the raisins and knead until smooth.
- Add raisins, while continuing to knead.
- Grease and flour babka pan (or tube pan). Place dough in pan, cover with a clean cloth, and leave in a very warm, draft-free place until doubled in size.
- Bake at 350° for 35 to 40 minutes. When cool, remove from pan.
- Mix icing ingredients well and drizzle over babka.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 176.8, Fat 4.4, SaturatedFat 2.2, Cholesterol 62, Sodium 29.3, Carbohydrate 29.4, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 12.5, Protein 4.2
EASTER PASKA
Ornately decorated paska bread is customarily prepared for Easter in Ukraine. The dough is marked with a four-sided cross design and often used as the central focus of Ukrainian Easter baskets.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Breakfast & Brunch Recipes
Yield Makes 2 loaves
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- In a large bowl, stir together yeast, 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon sugar, and warm water; let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. Add 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour, high-gluten flour, and milk; stir to combine. Cover with plastic wrap and let stand in a warm place until bubbles form, about 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in the 5-quart bowl of a professional-size 10-speed mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together eggs, 6 egg yolks, and remaining 1/2 cup sugar on high speed. Slowly add canola oil and mix until pale and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add vanilla, lemon zest, and rum; mix to combine.
- Attach the dough hook attachment to mixer. Add salt, 4 2/3 cups all-purpose flour, and yeast mixture. Mix on low speed until dough comes together. Slowly add butter; continue mixing until dough is no longer sticky, 10 to 15 minutes, adding remaining 2/3 cup all-purpose flour, a tablespoon at a time, to prevent sticking. Alternatively, you can knead dough by hand until smooth, 20 to 30 minutes. Transfer to a large lightly-oiled bowl; shape into a ball and lightly coat top with oil. Cover with a clean kitchen towel, followed by a layer of plastic wrap, and then a second clean kitchen towel; let stand in a warm place until doubled in size, about 2 hours.
- Line the bottom of two 6-quart ovenproof saucepans with waxed paper rounds. Line sides with waxed paper, leaving an overhang of 3 inches; spray paper with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
- Weight out two 1 1/2-pound pieces of dough; pinch and shape each piece into a flat disk and transfer to prepared saucepans. Using a toothpick, pierce the dough to remove air bubbles. Cover with a clean kitchen towel; let stand in a warm place while preparing decorations.
- Form remaining dough into suns, cross shapes, and fertility symbols for decoration. Brush tops of each loaf with egg white and top with decorative dough; secure using toothpicks. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let loaves stand in a warm place until dough comes to top of pan, about 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a small bowl, whisk together remaining 2 egg yolks with 2 teaspoons water. Brush tops of loaves with egg yolk mixture and transfer to oven; bake until tops are golden brown, about 1 hour. If paska begins to brown too quickly, cover with parchment paper-lined aluminum foil.
- Remove paska from oven. Immediately remove from pans and gently remove toothpicks from bread. Transfer to clean kitchen towel and cover with a second clean kitchen towel to cool. Paska can be frozen for up to 6 months.
BABKA I
Traditional Polish Easter bread. Serve as a coffee cake for breakfast or with tea. The recipe makes 3 large loaves.
Provided by JJOHN32
Categories Bread Yeast Bread Recipes Egg
Time 4h55m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- In a small saucepan, heat milk until just below boiling. Add butter and stir until melted. Remove from heat, and let cool until lukewarm.
- Place cake yeast in a small bowl; pour 1/2 cup lukewarm water over the yeast. Stir with a spoon to break up the yeast slightly; set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, beat 4 eggs and egg yolks with an electric mixer with a paddle attachment. Add 1 cup sugar and salt, and continue to beat until mixture is thick and pale. Stir in vanilla, orange liqueur, zests, and yeast mixture. Beat in 2 cups flour on low speed; when incorporated, add 2 more cups of flour and mix until combined. Add cooled milk mixture alternately with an additional 4 cups flour, beating on medium-low speed.
- If the dough is very sticky, add up to 1 cup of flour. Mix in currants, raisins, golden raisins, and almonds.
- Transfer dough to a well-floured work surface and knead about 8 to 10 minutes, adding reserved flour if needed. Shape dough into a ball. Transfer dough to a large greased bowl, and turn to coat. Cover with greased plastic wrap.
- Place in a warm place and allow it to rise until dough has doubled, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Punch the dough down, re-cover the bowl, and allow to rise again for an additional 1 1/2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter 3 tube pans.
- In a small bowl, combine 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and cinnamon. Cut in 4 tablespoons butter to form crumb topping. Sprinkle evenly among the 3 pans.
- Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface. Knead for 1 minute. Cut dough into thirds. Flatten each piece of dough into a rectangle and roll it up into a log, pinching the seam to seal. Lay each log seam-side up in the prepared pans, pinching ends together to form rings. Cover loosely with plastic wrap. Allow to rise for 30 minutes.
- Beat an egg with 1 tablespoon water to make an egg wash. Before baking, gently brush egg wash over each loaf.
- Bake babkas in preheated oven until until golden brown and hollow sounding when tapped, about 30 to 45 minutes. Immediately turn out onto a cooling rack so bread does not stick to the pan. Cool completely before slicing.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 489.9 calories, Carbohydrate 80.5 g, Cholesterol 99 mg, Fat 14.7 g, Fiber 3.5 g, Protein 10.6 g, SaturatedFat 7.2 g, Sodium 141.5 mg, Sugar 31.2 g
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