Recipe - Babkas

Three fourths cup Butter,soft
One half cup Sugar
10 Egg yolks
2 pack Active dry yeast
One fourth cup Warm water
1 teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Lemon rind
1 cup Milk,room temperature
5 One half cup Flour
1 cup Golden raisins
Confectioner's sugar

In large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in yolk,
one at a time, until pale and fluffy. In small bowl, soften yeast in
water,beat in egg mix salt,peel, milk and yeast. Slowly beat in 5 One half cups
of flour until a soft dough forms. Turn out on lightly floured work
surface, knead 810 minutes, until smooth and elastic. Knead in raisins.
Place in greased bowl. Grease top. Let rise 1 hour, or until doubled in
bulk. Punch down, divide in half. Place in 2 greased and floured 8 inch
fluted pans, let rise until double in bulk(covered) Bake in 350 F oven
2530 minutes, or until well browned. Invert on rack. Sprinkle with
confectioner's sugar. Tastes better eaten within a couple of days. Two
Babkas, 10 servings each.

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