Chocolate Babka

Name: Chocolate Babka
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: One 9x5-inch babka
Ingredients: For the Dough:; 1 stick (½ cup) unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled, plus more for greasing the pans; ½ cup warm water; ¼ cup sugar; 1⅛ teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon rapid-rise/instant yeast; 2 large eggs; 1 large egg yolk; 2¾ cups all-purpose flour, spooned into measuring cup and leveled off, plus more for kneading and rolling; For the Chocolate Filling:; ½ cup Nutella or other chocolate hazelnut spread, at room temperature; 3 oz bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped (⅔ cup), best quality; For the Syrup:; ¼ cup water; 6 tablespoons sugar; Generous pinch salt

Prep 25m

Cook 45m

Total 1h 10m

This Chocolate Babka recipe creates a rich, sweet bread swirled with chocolate hazelnut spread and bittersweet chocolate. The dough is made with butter, warm water, sugar, yeast, eggs, and flour, then rolled with the filling and baked to golden perfection. A sweet syrup is brushed on top for extra sweetness.

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Ingredients

(Servings: One 9x5-inch babka)

1 stick (½ cup) unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled, plus more for greasing the pans

1 teaspoon rapid-rise/instant yeast

2¾ cups all-purpose flour, spooned into measuring cup and leveled off, plus more for kneading and rolling

½ cup Nutella or other chocolate hazelnut spread, at room temperature

3 oz bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped (⅔ cup), best quality

Nutrition Facts

Calories

765kcal

38%
Fat

32g

1%
Saturated Fat

18g

0%
Carbohydrates

109g

5%
Fiber

2g

0%
Sugar

41g

2%
Protein

10g

0%
Cholesterol

106mg

5%
Sodium

338mg

16%

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Chocolate Babka

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For The Dough

For The Chocolate Filling

For The Syrup

Steps

Nutrition Facts

Chocolate Babka

Ingredients

For The Dough

For The Chocolate Filling

For The Syrup

Steps

Nutrition Facts Nutrition facts are based on 1 serving. If servings is not specified, 6 is assumed for the total recipe.

Nutrition Facts