Choco-Orange Babka Wreath
Equipment:
Hand or
stand mixer
Ingredients:
32 oz. Classic Challah Dough
Filling:
2 eggs
¾ cup confectioners’ sugar
1¼ cups
chocolate chips
1½ sticks margarine or butter
Zest of 1 orange
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon...
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Canola oil, for frying
½ eggplant, sliced (unpeeled)
1 large challah
3–4 tablespoons matbucha or 1–2 tablespoons charif (spicy Israeli dip),
or both
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1 teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon black pepper
2 eggs
½ cup breadcrumbs
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