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The Perfect Chocolate Babka

4 large (11”) or 6 medium(9”)Babkas
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Ingredients
  

Dough

  • 2½ lb flour (7 ¾ cups)
  • 3 sticks margarine (or 1 stick margarine + 1 cup oil)
  • 2 oz fresh yeast activated in ½ cup water + 1 tsp sugar, in a small bowl
  • 1 ¾ cup water
  • ½ scoop vanilla sugar
  • ½ Tbsp salt
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 egg yolks (save whites for smearing)

Chocolate Filling

  • 1 cup cocoa
  • 1 box Osem instant chocolate pudding
  • 2 cups sugar
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 egg
  • 2 sticks margarine (or 1 cup oil)

Crumbs

  • 1 stick margarine
  • 1 cup flour
  • ¾ cup sugar

Instructions
 

  • Place all ingredients for the dough in the bowl of your mixer. Mix well. (Note: The dough will be sticky till after it rises.)
  • Cover the dough and let it rise 1 hour.
  • Divide the dough into 4-6 equal parts. Allow to  rise an additional ½ hour.
  • In a separate bowl, combine filling ingredients and mix well.
  • Roll out each part of dough into a rectangle.
  • Smear the filling on the dough. Starting from one of the longer sides, roll up the dough. Fold the rolled dough in ½ and twist 2-3 times. Place in loaf pans.
  • Let babka rise an additional 15-20  minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Mix ingredients for the crumbs in a separate bowl.
  • Combine egg whites with a drop of water and smear on babka. Sprinkle the crumbs on top.
  •  Bake babka for 40-45 minutes.