Sweet & Savory Babka | Basics with Babish

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[emmysings]

The babka recipe that I learned from my grandmother has a cinnamon merengue as the filling and the yolks in the dough. I have never seen it done this way by anyone else, making it a family mystery.

[TheZenBeePgh]

So my 12 year old saw this video and proceeded to take over my kitchen and make a loaf for us for dessert tonight. Thank you for sharing and inspiring the younger generation. So glad that he is following in my footsteps with a hearty love of cooking and baking with videos like this one!!

[dannyackman]

I began baking during the pandemic (as did most of the world, it seems) after finding your channel and it allowed me to find peace and purpose in such an uncertain time. I ended up even starting an at home business where I sold different types of bread all through last year whether it be special orders from home or two times a week at local markets. Pretty much all of my menu (babka, bagels, focaccia, etc.) is influenced by your original videos that I had found close to a year before. You helped me take so much of my negative energy and redirect it into something I never could’ve dreamed about. Thank you so much for everything that you do and for inspiring me and so many others!

[TheZenBeePgh]

So today, the same 12 year old who I posted about recently, invited his friend over to have a dude baking day and they are making the cinnamon babka version. One babka for us, one for his friend to take home… So grateful for videos like this. You’re inspiring the younger generation to love baking and the value of learning new things. Thank you!!

[jillpatel]

I recommend making Pesto Babka with garlic butter and ricotta for savoury bread lovers.

[half.blight]

550g all purpose flour
2.5tsp yeast

2/3 cup of warm milk
2 large eggs
55g granulated sugar
2tsp salt
1tsp vanilla paste

140g unsalted butter

[paulwagner]

For us Polish folks, you REALLY need to make some Pączki

[TechBearSeattle]

Tip for slicing rounded dough: dental floss. Cut a length and garrote the dough where you want the cut. The floss is thin enough to slice cleanly, and the pressure is even enough around the dough not to deform it. This is very useful when you are making, say, cinnamon rolls out of one roll of dough.

[superarisu]

My, that's some gorgeous bread, especially the chocolate version. I just hope you were ok after 3:38.

[mossattacks]

I’ve found that you really have to roll it out nearly paper thin if you want a ton of layers, and because of this you also have the thin out the cinnamon mixture with a lot more butter. It’s tedious and messy and very hard to cut and twist perfectly but once it’s baked it looks and tastes so beautiful. I use the NYT chocolate babka recipe for the dough and just throw together a cinnamon/sugar/butter mixture by eye

[Bluetartinator]

Maybe you should make Daffy's Powdered Sugar Casserole Breakfast from The Looney Tunes Show episode, "The Stud, The Nerd, and The Average Joe"

[BugMed]

Currently in the middle of making a Babka by hand. Yup...I do not have a stand mixer or a hand mixer. Came to YouTube to find a video to double check that my dough looked right before I let it sit.

It doesn't look like his.

Wish me luck folks!

[oscarjohansson]

Learning everything Babish makes so my future wife never needs to eat at a resturant ever again

[TheIggyjoe]

I had this from Jewish bakery a while back. I finally know what it's called. It's very tasty

[panadekwatny]

Fun fact: In Poland traditional, Easter pie is called „Babka”. It is dry, usually lemon pie which is baked in bundt pan. It is surprising that in the US completely different cake is called the same.

[Yashuop]

Your consistency and quality of content never disappoints!

[MrBadSmash]

I made a pesto babka about a month ago and it was a massive hit! I love babka-style loaves, there's so much you can do with it. The possibilities are endless, and they're almost always a hit!

[andievecchione]

Saving this to make at Easter for tea or coffee after dinner. I'm Polish & Ukrainian and growing up we always had babka for Easter, but I'm starting to think it was actually Ukrainian Paska because it wasn't too sweet was huge, round, and sometimes had cheese. It was store bought from a place on LI that's probably been gone for 20 years, so it's not like there was a recipe to check and my family's passed so I can't ask anyone. Thanks for reminding me I still wanted to try and make what we used to have.

[waheedabdullah]

On the day after Valentine's Day, you make Pizza Heart from The Loud House episode, "Missed Connection"

[smilingindian]

I've made the babka from your Seinfeld special once a year since it came out. This new video looks so much easier and more consistent. Can't wait to try this way now.