Recipes

[KBEANS]

Hi Friends,

I am looking for a delicious traditional cheese Babka recipe.

Do any of you have one you'd like to share?

Thank you,

Kbeans

[kate2357]

The one and ONLY time I made Babka, I used the recipe from All Recipes. I could not find the right type of farmers cheese and made it w/ cream cheese. My family didn't really like this and I think I needed to play around w/ the recipe a bit.

It does have good reviews from many people who know what Babka is supposed to taste like. (Which was not us. ).

[deepwaterdotter]

This is from the cookbook The Savory Baker.  I have never made this recipe:

2 1/4 cups bread flour

1 1/2 tsp rapid-rise yeast

1/2 cup whole milk

2 eggs

1 tbsp sugar

1/4 tsp salt

6 tbsp butter, cut into 6 pieces and softened

8 oz shredded cheese

Whisk flour and yeast in bowl of stand mixer.  Mix in milk and eggs with dough hook on medium-low speed until dough is cohesive and all flour is incorporated.  Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let stand for 15 minutes.

Knead in sugar and salt on medium speed for 30 seconds.  Knead in butter one piece at a time until incorporated on medium-high speed for a total of 3 minutes.  Keep kneading until dough pulls away from sides of bowl, 7-10 minutes.

Place dough in big greased bowl and cover tightly with plastic wrap.  Let rise until slightly puffy, about an hour.  Refrigerate until firm, between 2-24 hours.

Press on dough to deflate and move to lightly-floured surface.  Roll into 18X7" rectangle.  Sprinkle cheese over dough, roll into a cylinder, and pinch the seam and ends closed.  Wrap in plastic, lay on rimmed baking sheet, and refrigerate for 1/2 hour.

Place dough into greased 9X5" loaf pan, reshaping as needed to fit pan.  Cover loosely with greased plastic wrap and let rise until doubled in size, 1 1/2-2  hours.  (Top of loaf should rise 1" over top of pan.)

Bake in 350 degree oven until thermometer registers 190-195 degrees, 30-45 minutes.  Let cool on wire rack for 1 hour.  Remove from pan and let cool on rack for 3 hours.   

[BklynKinsey]

@KBEANS   I love cheese babka!  I don't make it myself -- usually buy it at the local Polish store.  But the last few years I've bought it online on Ebay or directly from this same vendor romansfamous dot com.  I think buying the two from him on Ebay is a better deal.  I eat one and freeze the second. The babka is delicious

If you do decide to make it yourself, it definitely has to be made with farmer's cheese.  Enjoy!

[BlueFinch]

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@BklynKinsey wrote:

@KBEANS   I love cheese babka!  I don't make it myself -- usually buy it at the local Polish store.  But the last few years I've bought it online on Ebay or directly from this same vendor romansfamous dot com.  I think buying the two from him on Ebay is a better deal.  I eat one and freeze the second. The babka is delicious

If you do decide to make it yourself, it definitely has to be made with farmer's cheese.  Enjoy!

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@BklynKinsey Hmm, I went to check out the site you listed and it was noted as 'not secure.' They did have some interesting items.

[PickyPicky3]

Check out KaplansNewModelBakery dot com. 

In Philadelphia. Always good. Call them about babka.