Apple Cinnamon Babka
Ingredients
The dough
-
⅔
cup
whole milk
-
2 ¼
teaspoons
Platinum Yeast
-
⅓
cup
granulated sugar
-
5
tablespoons
unsalted butter
-
2
large
egg yolks
-
1
teaspoon
salt
-
2 ⅔
cups
all-purpose flour
The filling
-
3
tablespoons
unsalted butter
-
2
large
apples
-
1
teaspoon
lemon juice
-
1
cup
packed brown sugar
-
¼
cup
all-purpose flour
-
2 ½
teaspoons
ground cinnamon
-
¼
teaspoon
salt
-
1 ½
teaspoons
pure vanilla extract
-
1
large
egg white
Crumble topping (optional)
-
2
tablespoons
packed brown sugar
-
2
tablespoons
all-purpose flour
-
¼
teaspoon
ground cinnamon
-
2
tablespoons
unsalted butter
For brushing
Instructions
- Prepare the dough by mixing warm milk, yeast, and sugar, then let it sit.
- Add remaining sugar, butter, egg yolks, salt, and flour, and mix until incorporated.
- Knead the dough until it becomes soft and slightly tacky.
- Let the dough rise in a greased bowl for 3-4 hours until nearly doubled in size.
- Prepare the filling by cooking apples with butter and mixing the other filling ingredients.
- Punch down the dough and roll it out into a rectangle, then spread the filling and add apples.
- Roll the dough tightly into a log, twist it into a figure 8, and place it in a greased loaf pan.
- Let the shaped babka rise for 1-1.5 hours until puffy.
- Prepare the crumble topping and preheat the oven.
- Brush the loaf with egg white, poke holes for steam, and sprinkle with crumble topping.
- Bake for 60-65 minutes until golden brown and hollow sounding when tapped.
- Cool the babka in the pan for at least 30 minutes before slicing.
Nutrition Facts (estimated)
Servings
1 loaf
Calories
300
Total fat
12g
Total carbohydrates
45g
Total protein
5g
Sodium
200mg
Cholesterol
50mg
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