Chocolate Babka
By: Anonymous
Published: Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 5:27pm

Ingredients




1 pound:
cup milk plus:
2 tablespoons milk
cup bread flour or all-purpose
1 teaspoon active dry yeast
cup bread flour or all-purpose
3 tablespoons sugar
cup unsweetened cocoa
1 tablespoon orange zest grated
teaspoon salt
teaspoon vanilla extract
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 egg yolks
cup golden raisins
or substitute fine chop nuts
teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon brown sugar

Preparation

1 5 Pound:milk 1 1/4 cups bread or all purpose flour 3/4 cup active dry yeast 1 1/2 tsp bread or all purpose flour 2 1/4 cups sugar 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa 1/2 cup grated orange zest 2 TBSsalt 3/4 tsp vanilla extract 3/4 tsp unsalted butter 6 TBS egg yolks 4golden raisins 3/4 cup or substitute fine chop nutscinnamon 3/4 tsp brown sugar 1 1/2 tsp 2 Bring milk to a boil. Stir in first flour measurement. Cook over medium heat until mixture resembles mashed potatoes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature. 3 Add all ingredients except the last three, according to manufacturer's instructions. Process on normal bread cycle. 4 At last beep at end of last mixing beep, or at end of first kneading cycle, add raisins/or nuts, cinnamon and brown sugar. 5 Cool for at least 30 minutes IN machine. This firms the bread. 6 For a more traditional Babka, omit cocoa powder, orange zest. 7 Add grated lemon zest 1 TBS 1 1/2 TBS Use raisins (no nuts) 8 This is pretty with a light chocolate or white glaze on top.