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Recipe for the Week – Chocolate Babka Muffins (Baking Partners Challenge #21)
2:43:00 pm
Hot hot
hot!!! God’s own country is now God’s own grill!! Seriously, stepping outside
is like stepping into a preheated oven. We live somewhat near the beach, so we
get a good deal of breeze, but even then, it’s HOT!!!!
Being
crazy busy in March, I missed out on the Baking Partners Challenge. I resolved
to do it this month and I’m so glad I did – these chocolate babka muffins are
super yummy!! If you think you’ve heard ‘Babka’ before, maybe it’s here:
It isn’t much fun standing near the stove when it’s so hot, but baking is better, just pop it in, set the timer and run from the kitchen! The original recipe asked for milk chocolate and cinnamon, but I used dark chocolate and skipped the cinnamon. I also skipped the streusel topping to go easy on my butter consumption :).
This recipe was suggested by Tamy of ‘Three Sides of Crazy’ and has
been adapted from this recipe at ‘Portugese Girl Cooks’.
For
the Dough:
1/2 cup whole milk, warmed 110 degrees
(I boiled it)
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons instant rapid rise yeast
1 large egg at room temperature
2 cups all purpose flour
3 tablespoons butter at room
temperature
Note: Original recipe asked for unsalted
butter and ½ tsp of salt, but I used salted butter and skipped the salt.
1. With an electric whisk, combine the
milk, sugar and yeast. Add the egg and whisk till blended.
2. Add the flour, mixing on low until
sticky dough begins to form. Mix in the butter until well blended with no
remaining chunks. The mixture now looks like this:
3. Knead the mixture to form loose and
sticky dough. Place dough in a greased bowl, cover with tea towel and let rise
until doubled in a warm place. This will take 1-2 hours, depending on the
humidity in your place (which obviously Kerala has loads of). Here’s how it
looks before and after 2 hours of rising:
For
the Chocolate Filling:
3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
1/4 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons salted butter at room
temperature
1. Place chocolate chips, brown sugar
and butter in a small mixer jar and whiz till blended.
Note: The original recipe mentioned the
resulting filling to resemble crumbs. I got more of a paste.
Making the Muffins:
1. Turn out the dough onto a floured
surface. Punch out all the air from it. Flatten into a rectangle shape with
your hands and let to rest for 5 minutes.
2. Roll it out into a larger 12”x20”
rectangle using flour as needed.
3. Spread the chocolate paste (or
sprinkle if your filling is in crumb form) all over the rectangle evenly.
4. Roll the rectangle tightly into a
log. Cut out uneven ends if any, you can bake these pieces separately.
5. Divide the log into 1” pieces,
cutting with dental floss for neater results. Place each piece cut side down
into muffin cups. I used silicon cups, you can also use a tin, but they’ll need
paper liners to prevent sticking. Cover with a tea towel and let them rest for
30 minutes.
6.
Preheat oven to 190° degrees. Brush tops with beaten egg. Bake for about 15-20
minutes till brown around the edges. Cool completely on wire racks, although
they are just as yummy when really warm :).
They turn
out really nice and soft; check out the inside of one of the edges that I had
cut off from the dough log:
I love
how the excess chocolate melts on top of the muffin – yum!!
These can
actually be baked on a baking sheet as well, in which case they’ll look more
like rolls than muffins. I’ve always wanted to try those pull apart cinnamon
and Nutella buns I’ve seen on Pinterest, but never got around to it. The
technique here is similar so now I’m confident to go ahead and try them!! Muffins,
rolls or buns – if they’ve got chocolate in them, I don’t care what they’re
called!!
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25 comments
Yum. I am no good when it comes to baking. So just stay away.
ReplyDeleteI used to be the same :) Not that I'm an expert now, but I get edible and reasonably yummy results!
DeleteI am drooling all over!! This was yum...I loved how you intelligently made this into your recipe with little variations!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Aditi!! I like cinnamon, but not with chocolate, which is the reason for that variation :). I should try plain cinnamon buns next!
DeleteYummy! your babkas look so good, I skipped the topping too :-)
ReplyDeleteThe topping doesn't seem essential, does it? Although I'll try it out that way too some time :)
DeleteAdipoli you made is really well Fabi, Love it.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Swathi!! I really enjoyed making it too!!
DeleteOuuu - that was a new one! Looks very yummy - do-able also:-)
ReplyDeleteIt is quite easy, Eli!! And it's good for breakfast too, if you like sweet buns in the morning!!
DeleteThe only 'babka' (bub-ka) I've heard of is that old fashioned water heater, Fab! ;)
ReplyDeleteThese look delish...I wish someone would make them for me! :P
Ha ha :). These are actually easy to make, and the best part is that you can customize the filling to your liking :)
DeleteThanks for your visit, Fab, Love your muffins. I've also skipped the milk chocolate and the streusel. Too much fat. The idea of spreading the filling is wonderful because they look better when you cut them. Have a very good day. Cheers from Valencia
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Thank you, Marisa!! Yes, the extra butter scared me too :).
DeleteYummy, they look delicious! ♥
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kathy!
DeleteLooks so delicious. I hate the weather too just now. Hot and sultry.
ReplyDeleteIt is isn't it?? We had a really brief respite with some rain in between, but it's gone back to being super hot.
DeletePerfect! I'm glad you enjoyed them despite the heat.
ReplyDeleteI did!!! They were polished off within no time!
Deleteyumm yummier and yummiest. book marking it and sending to husband also Fabida :) ! Ur truly fab. this is just too much hard work for a bad cook like me :(
ReplyDeleteThank you!! It really isn't that hard, do give it a try :)
DeleteThis looks yummy. Seems like a must try and kids are gonna love it. Thanks Fab for a lovely recipe.
ReplyDeleteYup, this was a hit with the kids - my son and the neighbors boys loved it!! P.S. - you have a really cute name :)
DeleteThanks a lot.
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