Paska-Babka - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. warm water
1 (2 oz.) cake yeast or 2 pkg. dry yeast
1/2 c. flour
1 Tbsp. sugar
4 eggs, whipped a little
1 c. sugar
2 c. warm milk
1 stick salted butter, melted
1/4 c. oil
8 c. flour
grated lemon peel or vanilla extract

Preparation

Mix the first 4 ingredients together and let stand while preparing other ingredients.
In a large bowl, mix eggs and sugar. Add melted butter, oil, milk and the yeast mixture.
Add flour gradually and mix either by hand or mixer with dough hook.
Put dough into a larger greased container, cover with dish towel and let it rise in warm, draftfree area until double in size.
Then, grease pans with Crisco and gently put the dough in about 1/3 high. Pat evenly and let rise again.
When almost full, baste with slightly beaten egg.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for about 20 minutes, then lower temperature to 325\u00b0 for another 30 minutes or until nice and golden.
Bake in coffee cans; do not use wide round pans.