Name: Babka—Podolian Style (Babka Podolska)
Cuisine: Poland
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon salt; ½ cup butter; 1 ¼ cups milk, scalded; 2 yeast cakes; ½ cup sugar; ½ cup almonds, chopped; 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind; 1 cup raisins; 5 cups flour; 1 tablespoon grated orange rind; 4 eggs, beaten

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Treasured Polish Recipes for Americans

By Polanie Club

Published 1948

About

Ingredients

½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup

Method

Scald milk, pour over sugar and butter. Cool. Dissolve yeast with a little of the warm mixture and add to remaining milk mixture. Add one-half of the flour and beat well. Add salt to eggs and beat until thick. Add to mixture and mix well. Add remaining ingredients. Knead for 15 minutes. Cover and let rise until double in bulk. Place in well-buttered tube pan, sprinkled with fine bread crumbs an