Best 4 Babka Wielkanocna Lukrowana Easter Baba Wicing Recipes

EASY POLISH EASTER BABKA (BABKA WIELKANOCNA)

Steps:

• Place the raisins in a small bowl and cover with rum, soak for two hours or warm in microwave for 45 seconds to speed up the process
• Add yeast to a small bowl or cup and cover with warm water, it should become foamy
• Cream butter, sugar, and salt
• Add milk and vanilla, mix until mixture cools
• Mix in eggs and yeast mixture, then flour
• Add citrus zest and raisins (which have been strained from the rum, reserve rum for the glaze)
• Butter bundt pan and sprinkle with unseasoned dry breadcrumbs
• Add batter to pan, cover and let rise until almost to the top of the pan
• Preheat oven to 350 F
• Bake for 40 - 45 minutes, internal temp should be at least 190.
• Cook 10 minutes before removing from pan, and cool
• Dust with powdered sugar or drizzle with glaze

UKRAINIAN EASTER BABKA

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!

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.

EASTER BABKA WITH ICING

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.