today we are veganizing chocolate babka
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yeahhhhhhhhhhhh (laughs)
welcome welcome welcome everybody to the Make It Dairy Free Channel thank you for
tuning in this may be some quarantined content depending on when you're
watching it I am your host Andrew and I am me some chocolate I mean I love me
some chocolate but it's it's not like that first statement isn't true either
you know what I mean chocolate babka we are making bread and
filling it with fudge and chocolate chips nuff said right this is a sweet
bread that is typically made with eggs and butter but neither one of those are
gonna be making it into this dough and we're still gonna pack a beautiful
delicious taste you have seen me create our everything dough and hopefully at
this point you have gotten the chance to either try it out and see how you know
tasty and easy it is to make if not shoot me a message let me know what your
hesitations are we can troubleshoot together to make sure you're feeling
confident this way you're not missing out on any of this chocolate goodness
you know what I mean don't don't be looking at me like that we still talking
about Bread. noppppppeee. You ain't getting me in trouble
(offscreen: although chocolate goodness is my middle name)
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if you haven't heard of our vegan everything dough already you must
be living under a rock which I slightly don't blame you because of the times
that we're in but the dough's description is practically in its name
outside of that I describe this as the Swiss Army knife of
dough's this is a three ingredient oil-free ramen noodle budget-friendly so
forgiving the best friend you can call on when you're in trouble no knead or
knead if you want prep ahead or not type of dough basically if you want something
sweet this dough can do it if you want something savory this dough can do it if
you want something and you're not sure what it is start here by the time you
think of what it is you want trust me this dough can do it now while I haven't
talked a single bit about the steps that you've been watching we do have a video
that gives step-by-step instructions on how to bring this together linked in the
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you get this made for you and your other family yes I said other family since
we're family too, right?
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okay so here's where you want to pay attention we're
going to bring together the filling now this filling is not oil free but if you
want to make an oil free filling you could pretty much just melt chocolate
chips and spread it across the dough that's my lazy way but hey it is oil
free and it does cut calories if you're into that sort of thing we're going to
put some softened butter in a bowl with Turbinado sugar brown sugar and cocoa
powder now mix it together with a spatula you can really use any sugar you
prefer I went with brown sugar because I like the hint of molasses flavor and
Turbinado sugar because the sugar is less processed and it has a little bit
of a caramel flavor to it other times I swapped the sugars out for
just your typical cane sugar or some coconut sugar if I have it on hand these
help pack a little sweet and a little bold flavor from here roll the dough out
to roughly about 9 by 17 as you begin filling do your best to try to even out
the filling across the whole dough also try to leave an edge of about an inch on
each side when you're done you're gonna take one of the two longest sides and
try to roll the dough tightly until it meets the other side across from it okay
so quick tip number one you can add water to the edges of the
to help seal it better once you roll it up quick tip number two cold dough is much
easier to shape so my initial rise is done in the refrigerator and then I take
the dough out once I'm ready to put the filling in and this allows the dough to
stay colder for longer like you see here once you have the dough all rolled
together you're gonna slice it directly down the middle and then you're gonna
take your time and fold each piece of the dough over each other basically
twisting it together if you have a large bread pan you may be able to fit this
whole thing in if not you can cut it in half and make two
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this is gonna be your
easiest part when your dough has roughly 10 to 15 minutes to come out make your
simple sugar all you need is water and sugar and some time to let it simmer
then as soon as your dough pops out of the oven
you're gonna brush this on top allowing all the juices to soak into the dough
this is gonna give it crusty top but also a glossy finish that not only looks
amazing but also tastes amazing
all right story time all right so every Saturday in our house
I typically make every meal for the whole day if not every meal
definitely breakfast like I I'm like breakfast king on Saturday one Saturday
I create this babka bread and we crush it. I mean the family loves it I mean this is
the first time we're having it and the family loved it so much I created
another one later on that day but the second one obviously we're having it for
the second time so we ate it but not all of it it's still a good amount left you
know so we end up going out for the rest of the day spending our Saturday out and
about I mean we had a blast we did a couple different things but ultimately
we were so tired when we got back home we all just went straight to bed like
nothing in between walked in the house straight up the stairs right to the bed
the next morning my my daughter comes up to me well not that daughter my other
daughter yes that daughter and she says dad are
we making breakfast I'm like well we still have some of that chocolate bread
that we ate yesterday so we rushed down the steps and it happens to be that the
bread is it was left out you know we didn't put it away
we didn't store it properly basically just had it hanging out on the counter
now the bread is slightly stale I'm not saying nothing but I tossed it I
microwave for a bit hoping that it would be good I gave it to my baby and
she eats it and now her face is slightly stale and I'm trying not to make eye
contact so she comes up to me and she's like dad it's it's not as good so I'm
like mr. positive in the house just to give you a little perspective
like I'm very optimistic so I'm like baby when life throws you lemons make
lemonade she's like but I don't have any lemons so I'm like all right don't worry
about it but she won't let it go she's going over
to the refrigerator she's opening the fridge and she's like dad I don't see
any lemonade so I'm like little girl (deep breath) she says to me dad in her like a little
sassy voice dad why don't you just make some french toast so me it's not a bad
idea it's not a bad idea
dad but we still don't have any lemonade
so now we're gonna bring the French toast a mixture
together you can bring this together with a blender or by hand with a whisk
or even a food processor we'll get do the trick personally I get really
weirded out by oversized chunks so I like to blend everything down to my
comfort so in with a banana some dairy free milk a little brown sugar nutmeg
cinnamon and some flaxseed and while we didn't make lemonade we definitely had
some lemons to use so this may sound odd but I love to add just a teeny bit of
citrus to my french toast mixture the balance that this has on the dish will
have you on one just don't knock it till you try it
from here you can either pour your mixture over the french toast or you can
dip the French toast inside the mixture while those soak up the mixture I heat
up a little vegan butter inside of a skillet keeping this skillet between a
medium and low heat from here everything goes real quick I cooked the French
toast for about two-and-a-half to three minutes on each side and then I like to
serve them with some fresh fruit and maple syrup hey once again thank you so
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