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Easter Babka Bread Loaves (Polish recipe) Joan's Files

Make Easter Babka Bread Loaves (Polish recipe) Joan's Files at home with Sugar, Packets Active Dry Yeast, Lukewarm Water, Eggs, and Flour. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

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Ingredients

• 1 cup
• 2
• 1/2 cup
• 4
• 7 1/2 cup
• 1 1/2 cup
• 1 1/2 cup
• 2 tsp
• 2/3 cup
• 2 tsp
• 4 tsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Scald milk and add shortening, salt and extract.

2. 2

   Stir and cool to room temperature.

3. 3

   Mix sugar and yeast in a large bowl and water and stir to dissolve.

4. 4

   Add cooled milk mixture.

5. 5

   Stir in eggs.

6. 6

   Add flour a little at a time and blend well.

7. 7

   Fold in raisins.

8. 8

   Turn dough onto floured board and knead well by hand until smooth and elastic (use more flour only if needed).

9. 9

   Place in greased bowl and turn to coat.

10. 10

    Cover with a towel and allow to rise double, about 1 hour.

11. 11

    Punch down and divide into 3 loaves.

12. 12

    Place into three 9 x 13-inch greased bread pans.

13. 13

    Allow to rise about an hour or puffy.

14. 14

    Bake in a 350F oven about 40 minutes or golden and done.

15. 15

    Easter Basket Tradition: Pack the Easter Basket with Babka, hard boiled eggs, ham, kielbasa, horseradish, beets, salt, dandelion wine and butter that has been hand sculpted in a shape of a lamb.

16. 16

    Babka - Christ, the bread of life

17. 17

    Horseradish - Bitter herbs of Passover

18. 18

    Baranek (lamb sculpted from butter) - Lamb of God