Easter Babka From Tarnow

Ingredients:

½ cup soft butter

½ cup sugar

5 egg yolks

1 cup milk, scalded

1 cake yeast

1 lemon rind, grated

½ cup white raisins

¼ cup lukewarm water

4 cups flour

1 tsp. Salt

1 tsp. Cinnamon

1 egg yolk, beaten

2 tbsp. water

Directions:

Mix butter and sugar in large bowl. Add salt to egg yolk and beat until thick. Add to sugar mixture. Add yeast softened in ¼ cup lukewarm water, lemon rind and cinnamon. Add flour alternately with milk and beat well to make smooth batter. Add raisins and knead with hands until batter leaves the fingers. Let rise in warm place until double in bulk, about 1-1/2 hours. Punch down and let rise again until double in bulk. Butter pan generously; sprinkle with fine bread crumbs and fill with dough. Brush with 1 egg yolk beaten in 2 tablespoons water. Let rise and bake 30 minutes in a 350-degree oven.

Helen Misiaszek