Bialy Babka

Name: Bialy Babka
Total time: 225 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 85 g unsalted butter; 90 ml whole milk; 1.75 tsp instant yeast; 15 g granulated sugar; 9 g fine sea salt; 2 ea large eggs; 295 g all-purpose flour; 680 g yellow onions; 9 g poppy seeds

Recipe from smitten kitchen · original post · full recipe on smittenkitchen.com

A savoury babka ribboned with buttery caramelised onions and poppy seeds. Eat it warm, plain or with butter or cream cheese, or alongside a bowl of soup. Add 1 to 2 cups grated gruyère to the onions for a French Onion Babka.

Serves 8 225 minKid-friendly

VegetarianBake

Ingredients

unsalted butter — divided85 g
whole milk90 ml
instant yeast1.75 tsp
granulated sugar15 g
fine sea salt — 1 ½ tsp; divided9 g
large eggs — 1 whole and 1 yolk only2 ea
all-purpose flour295 g
yellow onions — diced680 g
poppy seeds — divided9 g

Method

Make the dough: melt 55 g of the butter. In the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk together the melted butter, milk, yeast, sugar, 3/4 teaspoon salt, the egg and the yolk. Add the flour and knead with the dough hook on low for 5 to 7 minutes, until stretchy but soft. Transfer to an oiled bowl, cover tightly and leave in a warm spot for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, until about doubled. (In a cold kitchen, heat the oven to 200°F (95°C) for a few minutes, turn it off and rise the dough in there.)

Cooking for a different diet?

Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.

Dairy-free
- 85 g Dairy-free butter instead of unsalted butter
- 90 ml Oat milk instead of whole milk
Use dairy-free butter for the dough, the onions and greasing the tin; rising and baking times are unchanged.

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Pak'nSave
· $4.78 of food
$17.66
73% spare
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- instant yeast
- granulated sugar
- large eggs
- yellow onions
New World
· $8.81 of food · $4.03 more
$21.98
60% spare
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- granulated sugar
- fine sea salt
- large eggs
- yellow onions
Woolworths NZ
· $8.99 of food · $4.21 more
$27.34
67% spare
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- granulated sugar
- fine sea salt
- yellow onions
- poppy seeds