Great British Bake Off Technical - Chocolate Babka Recipe!

unsalted butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil provides a dairy-free option with similar moisture.

chocolate

🥗Healthier: dark chocolate

💰Cheaper: chocolate chips

Dark chocolate has less sugar and can enhance flavor.

Warm the milk in the microwave for about 30 seconds until body temperature.

In a bowl, add eggs, warm milk, sugar, soft butter, and yeast.

Mix with a stand mixer using the dough hook until combined, but it won't be perfect.

Add flour and salt to the mixture and combine until it forms a wet shaggy dough.

Cover the dough and let it rest for 20 to 30 minutes.

Chop chocolate for the filling, setting some aside for topping.

Melt 150 grams of chocolate with butter in a saucepan over low heat.

Mix powdered sugar and cocoa powder in a bowl.

Combine melted chocolate mixture with the powdered sugar and cocoa until smooth, adding vanilla extract if desired.

Knead the dough on a stand mixer for about 5 to 8 minutes until glossy and elastic.

Transfer the dough to a buttered bowl and cover to let it rise for 1.5 to 2 hours until doubled in size.

Lightly flour the working area and turn out the dough.

Split the dough in half, covering one half to prevent it from drying out.

Roll out one half into a rectangle approximately 9 by 16 inches.

Spread half of the chocolate sauce over the dough, leaving a half inch at the edge to seal.

Sprinkle some reserved chocolate over the chocolate sauce.

Roll the dough tightly from the short end and seal the edge.

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