Hi Dorothy,

The abbreviation in that recipe is for a pinch of sugar (the amount needed to proof the yeast). I've expanded some of the abbreviations in the recipe if you'd like to check it again.

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I got the recipe for the Cheese Babka for ang/new jersey (click here) and am confused. second ingred. 1 pn sugar. what is 1 pn.
thank you
Dorothy, Hatfield, Pa.