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October 12, 2021 from Carina Press. https://www.kdcaseywrites.com/unwritten-rules-extras daily 0.75 2021-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/8d2783e4-4d13-415c-a101-b4d34652b859/Laying+Out+Ingredients.jpeg Unwritten Rules Extras All of the ingredients needed to make babka. Please note the amount of butter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/1f39bb45-39be-4b95-81ce-943f142589fb/measuring+milk.jpg Unwritten Rules Extras Adding yeast to warm milk. (And temp-ing it with a meat thermometer.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/213f6e19-b901-4cde-8e08-dd0dcfabfe89/Eggs+and+sugar.jpg Unwritten Rules Extras Beating together eggs and sugar on a stand mixer that's slightly older than I am. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/fadbb651-312b-4043-af74-24e71a2c0160/Spinning+the+mixer.jpeg Unwritten Rules Extras It needed a little assist in turning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/204d90be-190b-491a-acc9-6990dd6b711e/adding+flour.jpg Unwritten Rules Extras Adding the flour in stages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/92375f32-fefb-4c42-b90d-1129848c8025/mixing+dough.jpg Unwritten Rules Extras Us learning that the dough hooks on this mixer are directional, and having the dough rise up the hooks and spin everywhere. (We fixed it.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/40236966-30df-47f6-a197-192c26faa6e3/letting+dough+rise.jpg Unwritten Rules Extras First proof (before). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/1df4ce38-da78-4a2f-bf57-90f510aaf857/dough+is+risen.jpg Unwritten Rules Extras First proof (after). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/8836ca8e-7485-4e70-a0c4-9bb62c14d7f5/flouring+board.jpg Unwritten Rules Extras Flouring the board generously. This was actually fairly easy to work with dough — the amount of butter made it handleable — but we were a little concerned about sticking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/dbbe7232-84b3-4508-8898-109f1b6ed271/Rolling+out+dough.jpeg Unwritten Rules Extras Rolling out dough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/3941c8f5-7a12-4a12-aa61-a5d9d32f414f/Rolling+out+dough+2.jpeg Unwritten Rules Extras Rolling out dough again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/2f26701a-364f-458b-aaa3-bcebcd578c99/adding+jew-tella.jpg Unwritten Rules Extras We swapped pecans for walnuts in the filling and would definitely recommend that. (We didn't toast them, but it might make it a touch less sweet.) I could not stop eating the combo of nuts, chocolate, cinnamon, and sugar. (We called it "Jew-tella.") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/beac382e-702e-46f9-9c2e-ca2c7d093959/log.jpg Unwritten Rules Extras Rolling it into a log. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/5cbc18d1-f41d-42b2-bfb8-bfb72badca10/spiral.jpg Unwritten Rules Extras This is where the directions said to "cut in half and twist it." We did a horizontal cut not a vertical cut (whoooooops), but it still came out amazing. Pictures of what it should actually look like are at the end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/312f9ced-0ada-44ed-8789-92151b5eeee3/egg+wash.jpg Unwritten Rules Extras Applying an egg wash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/b63e0235-eb12-4f2c-8911-348e8b304abf/streusel.jpg Unwritten Rules Extras Making a streusel with even more butter. (We calculated that this babka has 1.5 tablespoons of butter per slice.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/e3c495d0-968c-460a-a208-b1add9334e91/final+proof.jpg Unwritten Rules Extras The second proof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/5ed89698-3dee-46f3-8ba0-0640b041dcce/Babka+Finished.jpeg Unwritten Rules Extras The finished product!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/a1f42bab-be5a-4e36-a383-cc7f2d45bbfe/spread+2.jpeg Unwritten Rules Extras Spreading the filling. Picture courtesy Bookishly Jewish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/e5db2c65-a56d-479b-9108-017eaea47c55/cut.jpeg Unwritten Rules Extras Cutting the log. Picture courtesy Bookishly Jewish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/e4919835-8dd6-486b-ac07-4a0924cc5602/fully+cut.jpg Unwritten Rules Extras The full cut. Picture courtesy Bookishly Jewish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/3c53aa9f-bb35-4d4a-b7d0-4efd17363b3a/twist+1.jpeg Unwritten Rules Extras Twist one. Picture courtesy Bookishly Jewish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/4b4f59d8-59fb-4184-8f75-8efdb1b33d37/circle.jpg Unwritten Rules Extras Circling up. Picture courtesy Bookishly Jewish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f6797593c03e17666b01069/c141208a-79e0-4b8d-bd6e-8d3f27c59dd6/baked.jpg Unwritten Rules Extras The final product. 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