3 babka easy Recipes

butter , plus, butter, sugar, eggs, baking powder, flour, salt, vanilla extract or 1/8 tsp rum extract or 1/8 tsp almond extract or 1/8 tsp lemon extract, raisins

milk, scalded and cooled to lukewarm, saffron (optional), butter, room temperature, egg yolks, room temperature, flour , sifted, sugar, salt, bread machine yeast, lemon , zest of, cinnamon, cardamom, white raisins (soaked in hot apple juice, rum or vodka for 15 minutes and drained) or 1 cup dried cherries (soaked in hot apple juice, rum or vodka for 15 minutes and drained) or 1 cup dried cranberries (soaked in hot apple juice, rum or vodka for 15 minutes and drained), almond cookie , crushed into fine crumbs, egg, beaten, sliced almonds, cream cheese, softened, sugar, egg yolk, lemon zest, saffron (optional)