Polish Babka (Placek)

Categories: Bread

Serves: 12 Servings

Ingredients:

1/2 c Warm water
1 tb Sugar
1 tb Flour
3 pk Dry yeast
1 c Milk
1/2 lb Butter
6 Eggs; well beaten
1 c Sugar
1 c Flour
1 ts Salt
1 ts Orange flavoring
6 -(up to)
7 c Flour

Instructions:
-------------------------------CRUMB MIXTURE-------------------------------
1 c Flour
1 c Sugar
1 Egg yolk
1/4 lb Butter
1 ts Grated orange rind
1/2 c Bread crumbs

From: Katherine A Strinka

Date: 21 Feb 1994 04:18:07 -0500
Hi. This sounds like it might be what you're thinking of, but we always
called it Placek.

Combine water, sugar, 1 Tbs flour and yeast and leave to rise. Warm butter
and milk in small pot. Beat eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour, salt and
orange flavoring. Add the milk mixture and the yeast mixture from above.
Add 2 more cups of flour; beat well. Add another 4-5 cups of flour, a cup
of raisins, and beat it some more Turn into a large bowl and cover and let
rise for about an hour. Knead and cut into 4 parts: put each into a loaf
pan. Let rise one more hour (at halfway, brush with slightly beaten egg
white, and sprinkle with crumb mixture (below)). Bake at 350 F for 35
minutes.

Crumb mixture: Mix all ingredients.

This came from my Great-Grandma and has been enjoyed for several years in
our Polish family.

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