Bread Machine Kneaded Challah Recipes

BREAD MACHINE CHALLAH

Steps:

• This recipe is for a two-pound machine. Use the dough setting.
• Follow the instructions that came with your bread machine in terms of which ingredients to put in the bread machine first. (I use a Zojirushi bread machine and with that, I add the liquids first.) Use the dough setting.
• Check the dough after five or ten minutes of kneading. You'll want the dough to form a smooth, round ball. However, if it's a little wet, don't worry about it.
• If the dough is too dry add liquid a teaspoon at a time until the dough balls up. If really too wet, add flour a tablespoon at a time until it looks as expected.
• When the dough is done put it on a lightly floured board.
• Note that the dough will be very sticky. I used a bench scraper to help me work with the dough. It helped me a lot!
• Divide the dough into three equal sections. Make each section into a ball and put it onto a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper. Cover the dough with a clean, lightweight kitchen towel. Let the dough rest for 10 minutes.
• After the dough has rested, roll each ball into a rope.
• My dough ropes were about 16 inches long. The next time I make challah bread, I'm going to make them longer.
• Take the dough rope on the right and pass it over the center rope That dough rope is the new center rope. Then take the rope on the left and pass it over the center rope. It's now the center rope. Repeat until you get to the end of the dough ropes.
• Tuck the ends underneath. Move the braided bread to a cookie sheet that's been greased or covered with parchment paper.
• Cover the bread with a clean, lightweight kitchen towel and let the bread rise for an hour
• Remove the towel. Brush the bread with the egg wash.
• Bake the bread in a 350-degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes. If the bread starts to get too brown you may want to put a sheet of foil over it for the last 10 to 15 minutes of baking.

BREAD MACHINE CHALLAH II

Steps:

• Place warm water, sugar, honey, vegetable oil, salt, 2 eggs, flour and yeast in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select Dough cycle; press Start.
• After the machine is done, take the dough out, and place it on a very lightly floured board, punch the dough down, and let rest for 5 minutes.
• Divide the dough in half. Then divide into 3 equal pieces, roll into ropes about 12 to 14 inches, and braid into a loaf. Do the same with the remaining other half. Gently put the loaves on a greased cookie sheet, mist with water, cover loosely with plastic wrap, and let rise for 1 to 1 1/2 hours in a warm, draft free place, until double in size.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a small bowl, beat together 1 egg and 1 tablespoon water.
• Brush risen loaves with egg mixture. Bake in preheated oven for about 20 to 25 minutes. If it begins to brown too soon, cover with foil.

BREAD MACHINE CHALLAH I

Steps:

• Add ingredients to the pan of the bread machine in the order suggested by the manufacturer.
• Select Basic Bread and Light Crust settings. Start.

BREAD MACHINE CHALLAH FOR SHABBAT AND FESTIVALS

Steps:

• Place the warm water, salt, sugar, margarine, egg, bread flour, and yeast in the pan of a bread machine in that order, set the machine to the dough setting, and start the machine.
• When the dough cycle of the machine is finished, place the dough on a floured surface. Divide the dough into 3 pieces, and roll them into ropes about the thickness of your thumb and about 12 inches long. Ropes should be fatter in the middle and thinner at the ends. Pinch 3 ropes together at the top and braid them. Starting with the strand to the right, move it to the left over the middle strand (that strand becomes the new middle strand.) Take the strand farthest to the left, and move it over the new middle strand. Continue braiding, alternating sides each time, until the loaf is braided, and pinch the ends together and fold them underneath for a neat look.
• Grease a baking sheet, or line with parchment paper, and place the braided challah on the prepared sheet. Cover the loaf with a plastic bag to prevent drying out, and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Whisk together 1 egg, 1 tablespoon of water, and vanilla in a small bowl, and brush the glaze on the challah. Sprinkle with optional toppings (see footnote).
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and the loaf sounds hollow when tapped, 35 to 40 minutes.

BREAD MACHINE KNEADED CHALLAH

Steps:

• Place ingredients into the bread machine in that order or in the order specified by your bread machine.
• Set the machine to DOUGH cycle, and start.
• Remove dough from machine after FIRST rise.
• Divide dough into three equal pieces.
• Braid the dough, starting from the middle and tucking the ends under.
• Place in a 9x5 inch greased loaf pan.
• Brush it with some milk, and add some sesame seeds.
• (OPTIONAL).
• Allow to rise till doubled in size (about an hour).
• Bake at 350F for 35-45 minutes.
• Bread is done when crust is golden brown, and hollow.

THE BEST BREAD MACHINE CHALLAH

Steps:

• Place the water, egg yolks, salt oil, flour, sugar and yeast in the bread machine pan, according to the manufacturer's directions.
• Process the ingredients in the dough cycle.
• Remove immediately when the machine beeps.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Divide the dough in half.
• Divide each piece into three sections.
• Roll each section into a long strand.
• Braid the three strands, pinching the top and bottom ends together.
• Place on a parchment-lined or lightly greased baking sheet.
• Repeat with the remaining dough, making the second challah.
• Let the challot rise, covered, for 30 minutes.
• Brush the challot with the beaten egg.
• Sprinkle with the sesame seeds, poppy seeds, or a combination of both.
• Bake for 30 minutes.
• Cool on a wire rack.

THE BEST BREAD MACHINE CHALLAH

Steps:

• Place the ingredients into the bread machine in the above listed order. Make a small well in the flour for the yeast. Put bread machine on dough cycle.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Remove dough from the machine onto a lightly floured surface. Divide dough into two equal halves. Divide each halve into three pieces, and braid. Place braid onto a cookie sheet covered with a piece of parchment paper. Cover the two braid with a dish towel. Let stand until double in size, about 30 minutes to an hour. Remove dish towel. Use a pastry brush and paint the challahs with beaten egg covering the entire loaf.
• Bake at 350 for 25 minutes. Until the bottom sounds hollow when tapped on.
• Remove from cookie sheet and let cool on baking rack.

CHALLAH I

Steps:

• In a large bowl, sprinkle yeast over barely warm water. Beat in honey, oil, 2 eggs, and salt. Add the flour one cup at a time, beating after each addition, graduating to kneading with hands as dough thickens. Knead until smooth and elastic and no longer sticky, adding flour as needed. Cover with a damp clean cloth and let rise for 1 1/2 hours or until dough has doubled in bulk.
• Punch down the risen dough and turn out onto floured board. Divide in half and knead each half for five minutes or so, adding flour as needed to keep from getting sticky. Divide each half into thirds and roll into long snake about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Pinch the ends of the three snakes together firmly and braid from middle. Either leave as braid or form into a round braided loaf by bringing ends together, curving braid into a circle, pinch ends together. Grease two baking trays and place finished braid or round on each. Cover with towel and let rise about one hour.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Beat the remaining egg and brush a generous amount over each braid. Sprinkle with poppy seeds if desired.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for about 40 minutes. Bread should have a nice hollow sound when thumped on the bottom. Cool on a rack for at least one hour before slicing.

EASY NO-KNEAD CHALLAH BREAD

Steps:

• Mixing and storing the dough: Mix the yeast, salt, eggs, honey, and melted butter (or oil) with the water in a 5-quart bowl, or a lidded (no airtight) food container.
• Mix in the flour without kneading, using a spoon, a 14-cup capacity food processor (with dough attachment), or a heavy-duty stand mixer (with dough hook). If you're not using a machine, you may need to use wet hands to incorporate the last bit of flour.
• Cover (not airtight), and allow to rest at room temperature until the dough rises and collapses (or flattens on top), approximately 2 hours.
• The dough can be used immediately after the initial rise, though it is easier to handle when cold. Refrigerate in a lidded (not airtight) container and use over the next 5 days. Beyond 5 days, freeze in 1-pound portions in an airtight container for up to 4 weeks. Defrost frozen dough overnight in the refrigerator before using. Then allow the usual rest and rise time.
• On baking day, butter or grease a cookie sheet or line with parchment paper, or a silicone mat. Dust the surface of the refrigerated dough with flour and cut off a 1-pound (grapefruit-size) piece. Dust the piece with more flour and quickly shape it into a ball by stretching the surface of the dough around to the bottom on all four sides, rotating the ball a quarter-turn as you go.
• Divide the ball into thirds, using a dough scraper or knife. Roll the balls between your hands (or on a board), stretching, to form each into a long, thin rope. If the dough resists shaping, let it rest for 5 minutes and try again. Braid the ropes, starting from the center and working to one end. Turn the loaf over, rotate it, and braid from the center out to the remaining end. This produces a loaf with a more uniform thickness than when braided from end to end.
• Allow the bread to rest and rise on the prepared cookie sheet for 1 hour and 20 minutes (or just 40 minutes if you're using fresh, unrefrigerated dough).
• Twenty minutes before baking time, preheat the oven to 350°F If you're not using a stone in the oven, 5 minutes is adequate. Brush the loaf with egg wash and sprinkle with the seeds.
• Bake near the center of the oven for about 25 minutes. Smaller or larger loaves will require adjustments in baking time. The challah is done when golden brown, and the braids near the center of the loaf offer resistance to pressure. Due to the fat in the dough, challah will not form a hard, crackling crust. Allow to cool before slicing or eating.

BREAD MACHINE CHALLAH

Steps:

• Place all ingredients into the bread machine pan in the order suggested by the manufacturer.
• Select Basic Bread and Light Crust settings; press Start.

BREAD MACHINE CHALLAH

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in the bread machine in the order required by your machine and set it for dough cycle.
• After the dough cycle finishes, take out the dough and divide into 4-5 pieces.
• Divide each piece into 3-6 ropes and braid to make 4-5 challahs.
• Preheat the oven to 350.
• Place challahs on a lined baking sheet and cover and let rise for 30 minutes.
• Brush with egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds or poppy seeds if desired.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until they sound hollow when tapped on the bottom.

BREAD MACHINE CHALLAH

Steps:

• Add the water, the egg, the margarine, flour, sugar, salt& yeast to bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
• Use white or sweet bread cycle.
• Remove bread from baking pan after 10 minutes, then finish cooling on a rack.