Chocolate-Irish Cream Babka
- FOR THE DOUGH:
- 3/4 cups Warm Low-fat Milk
- 1/3 cups Sugar
- 1 package Dry Yeast, 0.25 Ounce Packet
- 3 Large Eggs, At Room Temperature
- 2 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter, Melted And Cooled
- 1/4 cups Bailey's Irish Cream
- 1-1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 5-1/4 cups Flour, Divided
- FOR THE FILLING:
- 1/4 cups Sugar
- 1/4 cups Unsweetened Cocoa
- 2 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter, Melted And Cooled
- 2 Tablespoons Low Fat Milk
- 4 ounces, weight Semisweet Chocolate, Chopped And Divided
- FOR THE TOPPING:
- 1 Large Egg White
- 1 Tablespoon Bailey's Irish Cream
- 1 Tablespoon Turbinado Sugar, Divided
- For the dough:
- Combine milk, sugar and yeast in a large bowl; let stand 5 minutes. Then stir in eggs, butter, Baileys, vanilla and salt until combined. Stir in 22.5 ounces of flour (about 5 cups) until combined.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured board and knead for 4 minutes until smooth and elastic, adding additional flour as needed to prevent sticking. I added an additional 2 tablespoons.
- Wipe the bowl clean and coat with cooking spray; return dough to bowl and cover it with plastic. Let the dough rise in a warm place until doubled in size (about 1 1/2 hours).
- Combine sugar and cocoa in a small bowl; combine the melted butter and milk in another small bowl.
- Divide dough into two equal portions, working with one portion at a time (keep the other portion covered to prevent drying).
- Roll dough into a 12 x 9-inch rectangle and brush with half of the melted butter mixture, leaving a 1/4-inch border around the edge of the dough. Sprinkle dough evenly with 2 tablespoons of the cocoa mixture and 2 ounces chopped chocolate.
- Loosely roll dough up into a log and pinch edges to seal; tuck ends under. Place the log seam-side down onto a baking sheet that you've lined with parchment paper and cover with plastic. Repeat with remaining dough, butter mixture, cocoa mixture and chocolate.
- Let the rolls rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 325u0b0F. Combine egg white and Baileys; brush dough with mixture and sprinkle each loaf with 1/2 tablespoon turbinado sugar. Bake for 40 minutes, or until browned.
- Cool loaves completely on a wire rack before cutting each loaf into 14 slices. Store up to 2 days at room temperature; freeze for longer storage and toast slices as needed.
- Adapted from Cooking Light.
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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/breads/chocolate-irish-cream-babka/ (may not work)