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Recipe by Shoshy Lefkovitz

Cheese Babka

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Dairy Dairy
Medium Medium
6 Servings
Allergens
2 Hours, 30 Minutes
Diets

This is my mother’s tried and true babka recipe that we all adore. It’s a slice of heaven with its buttery dough and divine cheese filling.

Ingredients

Dough

  • 1/2 cup orange juice

  • 1 egg plus 2 egg yolks

  • 1 cup butter

Cheese Filling

  • 2 tablespoons non-dairy whipped topping

Crumbs

  • 1 egg, beaten, for egg wash

Directions

Prepare the Cheese Babka

1.

Mix flour, sugar, vanilla sugar and salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the center and add yeast in the well. Pour 3/4 cup warm water over yeast. When yeast is dissolved, add juice, egg and yolks, and butter. Mix well and let rise for one and a half hours.

2.

While dough is rising, prepare filling and crumbs. Mix cream cheese, sugar, vanilla sugar, and whipped topping until well combined. In a separate bowl, mix flour, sugar and butter until mixture resembles wet sand.

3.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

4.

Divide dough into four equal parts. Roll dough into a rectangle and spread filling over dough. Roll and twist log into a figure eight and place into loaf pan. Egg each loaf and sprinkle with crumbs. Bake for 50 minutes.

Credits

Photography by Chay Berger

Cheese Babka

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pearl pdpearldesign@gmail.com
11 months ago

HOW MANY BABKAS COME OUT OF IT?

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