Cheese Babka
Comforting and delicious Jewish babka bread filled with cheese and raisins. Perfect for Shavuot meal or any other occasion.
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 3½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon dry yeast
- 1 stick (100 grams) butter melted
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup milk
- Pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract / paste
For the filling:
- 2 cups farmer cheese
- 1 Egg
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup raisins
Instructions
- In a stand mixer bowl, place all dough ingredients and knead with the kneading hook for 5 minutes until you get a unified dough.
- Grease the bowl and make sure all the dough is greased too, cover with plastic and let the dough rest in a warm place for about an hour.
- Set the oven to 180°C / 350°F with the fan.
- In a bowl, mix all the filling ingredients well.
- Divide the dough to 2 equal parts.
- Roll one part of the dough into a large rectangular leaf, about 3 to 4 mm thick.
- Spread half of the filling and roll the rectangle.
- Cut the roll in the middle.
- Braid the 2 strands and transfer to a greased loaf pan.
- Repeat with the second half of the dough.
- Bake the 2 loaves for 30 minutes.
- Cool at room temperature.
- Have a piece and enjoy!