Babka
By: Andie Mitchell
Published: Sunday, December 6, 2009 - 12:55am

Ingredients




2 cups unsifted flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 pkg. Fleischmann's active dry yeast
1/4 cup butter
3 eggs, room temperature
1/4 cup seedless raisins
1/2 cup milk

Preparation

1 Makes 1 loaf. 2 In a large bowl, thoroughly mix 3/4 cup flour, sugar, and undissolved yeast.  3 Combine milk and butter in a saucepan. Heat over low heat until liquid is warm. (butter does not need to melt.) 4 Gradually add to dry ingredients and beat 2 minutes at medium speed of electric mixer, scraping bowl occasionally. 5 Add eggs and 1/2 cup flour or enough flour to make a thick batter. Beat at high speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. 6 Add remaining flour and beat 2 minutes at high speed. Cover; let rise in a warm place, free from draft, until bubbly (about 1 hour). 7 Stir in raisins; turn into greased and floured 2 quart tube pan. Let rise, uncovered, in warm place (free from draft) for 30 minutes. 8 Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) for about 40 minutes or until done.

About


Babka is another Easter bread, usually a sweet dough with raisins and other dried fruit. It is usually baked in a tall, cylindrical form