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Limoncello Baba




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List of Ingredients




1/2 cup milk
1 envelope active dry yeast or 1 3/4 teaspoons instant yeast
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
8 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
Limoncello Syrup (see recipe below)
Limoncello Glaze (see recipe below)
Sweetened whipped cream, for garnish




Recipe



Preheat oven to 400° F. Butter or spray with nonstick cooking spray miniature muffin pans or regular muffin cups.

For the sponge, heat 1/2 cup milk to lukewarm; sprinkle the yeast on the surface and allow to stand 5 minutes. Whisk until smooth and sitr in 3/4 cup flour. Cover the sponge and let ferment 20 minutes. NOTE: If you use instant yeast, you don't have to wait the 5 minutes and you can mix all the sponge ingredients at once.

In a large bowl, beat the eggs, salt, sugar, and flour together; beat in the prepared sponge, and then the cooled melted butter. Divide the dough into the muffin cups, filling them1/2 full. Cover the pans loosely with buttered plastic wrap; allow to rise in a warm spot approximately 30 to 60 minutes or until the dough has risen to the top of the cups. NOTE: At this stage, you can put the molds in the refrigerator for a few hours or overnight until you are ready to proceed.

When the dough has risen, remove the plastic wrap and bake for approximately 10 to 20 minutes (depending on size of your muffin cups) or until golden brown. Remove from oven. Allow to cool slightly in the pan for 1 minute on a rack.

Using your fingers, one at a time, remove individual babas from muffin cups and submerge each baba into warm Limoncello Syrup for approximately 1 minute or until they swell slightly. Then place the dipped baba in a large baking dish or pan (tops up). After dipping all the babas, pour any leftover Limoncello Syrup over the top of the cakes. Allow them to stand 1 hour (all of the syrup will be absorbed). Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for a few hours. Before serving, brush tops of cakes with warm Limoncello Glaze. Serve with whipped sweetened cream.

NOTE: Babas may be baked, soaked in syrup, and then cooled completely. Freezer-wrap (pan and all); label and freeze. To serve, let stand at room temperatuare 1 hour; then warm in 300 degree F. oven for 15 minutes. Top with warm Limoncello Glaze and serve.

Makes 12 regular-size babas or 30 to 36 small babas.

Limoncello Syrup
2 cups sugar
3 cups water
1/2 cup Limoncello (or more to taste)

In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, mix water and sugar together; bring to a boil and boil 5 minutes. Remove from heat and pour syrup into a 2-cup liquid measure (because it is narrow and deep, it is eary to dip the babas into). Cool syrup to lukewarm; stir in Limoncello. If made in advance, syrup will keep for 6 months.

Makes about 2 1/2 cups.

Limoncello Glaze
12-ounce jar Apricot Jam
1 to 2 tablespoons Limoncello

In a small saucepan over medium heat, heat approximately 2/3 of a 12-ounce jar of apricot jam until melted. Pour hot, lumpy jam through sieve (pushing on pulp with spatula). Add Limoncello to taste. If made in advance, glaze will keep for 6 months.

Makes about 1/2 cup.