Babka - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (1/4 ounce) envelope dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water
1/3 cup sugar or 1/3 cup honey
2 3/4 cups flour, plus a little more
flour, if needed
1/4 cup oil, plus a little more
oil, for brushing
1/2 cup soymilk (or other non-dairy milk, such as rice, oat, grain, almond)
1 egg
1/3 teaspoon salt
TOPPING (optional)
1 tablespoon oil
1/4 cup flour
3 tablespoons sugar
FILLINGS
CHOCOLATE
2/3 cup melted very good quality real chocolate chips, with
1 teaspoon oil
CINNAMON-RAISIN
Process until coarsely ground
1/2 cup golden raisin
1/3 cup walnuts
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 -2 teaspoon cinnamon
JAM
1 1 cup strawberry preserves or 1 cup raspberry preserves, thinned with
2 -3 teaspoons orange juice

Preparation

Mix the yeast, water, and sugar in a cup and let the mixture stand a minute or two, or until it comes to a bubble. Put all the other ingredients in a mixing bowl. Add the yeast mixture and combine. Transfer to your dough maker and knead 10 minutes, or knead by hand.
Let the dough rise, covered, in a warm draft-free place for one hour.
Preheat the oven to 350\u00b0F On a very lightly floured board or counter, roll out the dough into a thin, 20- by 8-inch rectangle. Brush the whole surface very lightly with oil. Sprinkle or spread the filling on the whole surface. Roll very tightly. Transfer to a greased loaf pan. Mix the topping ingredients, and sprinkle over the babka. (If not using the topping, simply brush with a mixture of egg and water.) Bake 35 to 40 minutes, until golden.