Praline Babka
Prep
25 mins
Cook
35 mins
Servings
6
Difficulty
Easy
Rich, buttery, and indulgent praline babka, perfect for a special treat.
Ella x
Ingredients
- 400 gall-purpose flour
- 250 gsugar
- 10 gactive dry yeast
- 20 mLwarm milk
- 200 gunsalted butter
- 4 egglarge eggs
- 120 gpraline paste
- 150 gchopped pecans
- 1 mLvanilla extract
- 10 gsalt
- 15 gbaking powder
- 100 ggranulated sugar
- 50 mLheavy cream
Detail level
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350ºfF). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish and line it with parchment paper.
- 2
In a small bowl, combine warm milk and yeast. Stir to dissolve the yeast, then let it sit for 5 minutes until foamy.
- 3
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, and baking powder.
- 4
Add the yeast mixture, unsalted butter, large eggs, praline paste, chopped pecans, vanilla extract, and salt. Mix until a smooth dough forms.
- 5
Knead the dough for 10 minutes until it becomes smooth and elastic.
- 6
Place the dough in the prepared baking dish, cover it with plastic wrap, and let it rise in a warm place for 1 hour until doubled in size.
- 7
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350ºfF) again. Bake the babka for 25-30 minutes until golden brown.
- 8
While the babka is baking, prepare the praline sauce by heating the granulated sugar and heavy cream in a saucepan over medium heat until the sugar dissolves.
- 9
Remove the babka from the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes before slicing and serving.
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