Babka two ways!!!

Its” two for one “deal today😂

A sweet and a savoury one!

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So this dough is enough for two loaves so I decided to make a chocolate babka with crumble topping and an herb and garlic one ,

And to my surprise the garlic one finished first!

You can use any filling you like , for the filling ingredients use half, if you are going to make one sweet one, as I was planning on making two i measured for two loaves

Dough:

• 1 to 1 1/4 cups warm water

• 2 eggs

• 6 1/4 cups all purpose or bread flour

• 2 tablespoons instant yeast

• 1/2 cup (99g) sugar

• 2 1/2 teaspoons salt

• 10 tablespoons butter, at room temperature

• 1 tablespoon vanilla

• 1/3 cup dry milk

• Just put everything together and mix till just moistened the cover and leave 20 minutes now knead ,or use mixer to make soft dough thats not sticky too much

• Put in an oiled pan cover and let rise 2-3 hours till doubles in size

• Now divide in two parts to make two loaves

• Filling for chocolate 1/2 cup dark chocolate

• ½ cup unsalted butter

• ¾ cup powdered sugar

• ½ cup plus 1 tbsp cocoa powder

• 1/2 -1tsp cinnamon powder

• small pinch of salt

• Melt butter on stove in your pan add chocolate and melt add in sugar and cocoa powder and mix, add cinnamon and remove from stove, it is not very moist thats normal

Filling for savoury garlic:

2tbsp butter soft

3cloves garlic minced roughly

Any dried and fresh herbs , I used sage , rosemary and ,thyme 2 tbsp total

Pinch of salt

Egg wash:one egg beaten with little salt

Crumble topping for chocolate (optional)

• 4 tablespoons butter, melted

• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

• 1/4 -1/3 cup confectioners' sugar

• 1/2 cup all purpose flour

• Just mix it all up

Now roll that one half of dough into a large rectangle as long as you easily can ,Sprinkle the chocolate filling all over,roll into a log tightly and using sharp knife cut along the whole length of log longitudinally ( see video) and braid and tuck in ends

Put in lined loaf pan and add egg wash on top and sprinkle crumble if using,

Same process for the savoury one ,i chose to make that one round so further divided dough and made two rectangles and made into a round bread(video) but no idea what I was doing😂, put on egg wash on that too

Now cover them both and let rise another 40-60 minutes

Bake uncovered at 300F for 30 minutes

Then cover with foil tightly and bake another 25-35 minutes

Wait to cool a bit to slice

Who am I kidding, just eat it !!!