SWEET CHALLAH
This is a sweet bread that is really easy to make. It is so good that a 30-year-old man who was a guest at my Shabbat Table actually giggled when he ate it. The doughier you want the bread to be, the shorter you should bake it.
Provided by SuperRebbetzin
Categories Bread Yeast Bread Recipes Egg Challah Recipes
Time 3h
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Mix the yeast, 1/3 cup of sugar, and warm water together in a large bowl, stir to dissolve the sugar, and let the mixture stand until a creamy layer forms on top, about 5 minutes. Stir in 3 cups of flour to make a loose sponge.
- In a separate bowl, beat 4 eggs, 1/2 cup of vegetable oil, 1 tablespoon of salt, and 1 cup of sugar together, and stir the egg mixture into the yeast-flour mixture until well combined. Continue mixing in flour, 1 cup at a time, up to 9 total cups. Dough should be slightly sticky, but not so wet that it leaves dough stuck to your hands.
- Turn the dough out onto a floured surface, and knead for 5 minutes to develop gluten. Form the dough into a compact round shape, and place in an oiled bowl. Turn the dough over several times in the bowl to oil the surface of the dough, cover the bowl with a cloth, and let rise in a warm area until doubled in size, about 1 hour. Punch down the dough and knead for another 5 minutes, until smooth and elastic.
- Grease baking sheets, or line with parchment paper. To make egg glaze, whisk together 1 egg, 1 teaspoon oil, 2 teaspoons sugar, and 1 teaspoon of water in a small bowl, and refrigerate until needed.
- Cut the dough into 4 pieces, and cut each piece into 3 smaller pieces for a 3-strand braided loaf. Working on a floured surface, roll the small dough pieces 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. Place the loaves onto the prepared baking sheets, and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, 30 to 45 minutes. Brush a coating of egg glaze onto the tops of the bread, and reserve the remaining glaze.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Bake the bread in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, remove from the oven, and brush another coating of glaze onto the bread. Return to the oven, and bake until the tops are shiny and golden brown, 5 to 10 more minutes. Let cool before cutting.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 327.8 calories, Carbohydrate 57 g, Cholesterol 46.5 mg, Fat 7.5 g, Fiber 1.6 g, Protein 7.6 g, SaturatedFat 1.4 g, Sodium 368.5 mg, Sugar 14 g
MIRIAM'S NOT-SO-SECRET CHALLAH
A surprisingly sweet, yet light, challah that makes any night special. Feel free to knead some raisins into the dough if you like.
Provided by MIRIAM571
Categories Bread Yeast Bread Recipes Egg Challah Recipes
Time 3h10m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a small saucepan, combine water and margarine in a small saucepan. Heat until margarine is melted and very warm, but not boiling.
- In a large bowl, mix together 3 cups flour, white sugar, brown sugar, yeast and salt. Add water and margarine mixture; beat well. Add 4 eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
- Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
- Deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into six equal pieces and form into long 'ropes'. Braid the pieces together to form two large loaves. Place the loaves on two lightly greased cookie sheets, cover the loaves with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in volume, about 40 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Brush the risen loaves with the beaten egg and sprinkle with poppy seeds. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, until loaf sounds hollow when tapped.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 253 calories, Carbohydrate 39.7 g, Cholesterol 46.5 mg, Fat 6.8 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 7.8 g, SaturatedFat 1.3 g, Sodium 421.7 mg, Sugar 4.6 g
CHALLAH IN A HURRY
Made with quick-rise yeast, this is a sweeter, richer challah that lends itself especially well to Rosh Hashanah or other holiday uses. It is quicker and easier than a standard double-rise recipe, so it's great for those afternoons when you're in a challah of a hurry. Challah was meant to be torn and not sliced. B'tayevon!
Provided by AnneElena Foster
Categories Bread Yeast Bread Recipes Egg Challah Recipes
Yield 30
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a medium bowl, blend together warm water, melted margarine, sugar, and 3 beaten eggs
- In a large bowl, mix together yeast, salt, and 7 cups of the flour. Gradually stir in liquid ingredients, and mix until dough holds together.
- Knead dough on a floured surface with remaining flour until smooth.
- Split the dough into 2 large pieces. Split the 2 large pieces into 3 pieces each. Roll each third into a rope 3/4 inch thick and braid 3 strands together. Repeat. Place shaped dough onto greased cookie sheets. Brush dough with remaining beaten egg. Add poppy or sesame seeds, if desired. Let rise in a warm place until doubled in size.
- Bake in a preheated 325 degree F(165 degrees C) oven for 20 to 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 90.5 calories, Carbohydrate 5.6 g, Cholesterol 24.8 mg, Fat 7.2 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1.3 g, SaturatedFat 1.3 g, Sodium 157.4 mg, Sugar 5.2 g
MIRJ'S ULTRA-RICH SWEET CHALLAH
I've been working on perfecting my challah recipe over the last few years, and I think this is it. The secret ingredients are vanilla extract and soy milk (you can use regular milk if it's not an issue for you). I get raves every week with this challah, it's rich and cake-like. Great with sweet butter, not too shabby with some chopped liver, and it makes the most amazing French toast in the world. I usually bake my challahs unbraided in a fluted cake pan with a hole in the middle. It makes a pretty challah, and it's easy to cut individual slices from it as well. There is nothing like a table full of guests ooohing and aaaahing over your challah, and this will do it for you! Prep time includes rise time. If you nuke the kneaded dough in the microwave on high for 10 seconds it will cut your rise time by half!
Provided by Mirj2338
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 3h40m
Yield 3 loaves
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In the bowl of your mixer, or in large bowl, add the flour, brown sugar, eggs, salt and vanilla.
- Mix it around a bit.
- Melt the margarine, or heat the oil a bit in the microwave.
- Add it to the stuff in the bowl and start mixing.
- Toss in the yeast, keep mixing.
- If you are using an electric mixer, go slowly.
- If you are kneading by hand, you should get a good workout.
- Heat the soy milk until it's warm.
- It should not be boiling hot!
- Slowly, with the mixer running, add the soy milk a little bit at a time, until the dough has reached the consistency of bread dough.
- It shouldn't be cakey and it shouldn't be too sticky.
- Knead the dough in the mixer for about 7-8 minutes, or by hand for about 15 minutes.
- Place the bowl in a warm spot and let the dough rise until doubled in bulk.
- Hint: if you put the bowl of dough in the microwave and nuke it on high for 10 seconds it will speed up the rising process.
- You can also let it rise overnight in the fridge, just keep it in a knotted plastic bag so it doesn't"escape".
- When the dough has risen and doubled, punch it down.
- It's a very satisfying step!
- Knead the dough by hand for another minute or so to work out the air bubbles.
- Cut into three even pieces.
- Each piece is enough for one small loaf of challah.
- Cut each piece into three or four, roll into ropes and braid.
- The best braids are made by starting in the middle and working your way to the end, then turn it around and braid the other end.
- Pinch off the ends.
- After you have shaped your loaf (you can also swirl it, or braid and swirl it, or just shape it into a natural loaf shape), place it either in a greased loaf pan, cake pan, or just on a greased cookie sheet.
- If you bake your loaf on a sheet it will spread a bit as it rises again.
- If you put your braided loaf into a loaf tin, it will just rise upwards.
- I have also made round challahs by putting them into bundt pans, or fluted round cake pans.
- Let the shaped loaves rise for another half an hour.
- You can brush a little beaten egg on the tops for a glaze, I prefer my challahs"naked".
- Preheat the oven to 160 degrees C (about 350 F).
- Bake the loaves for about 30-40 minutes.
- Time will vary based on the shape of your loaves and the pans they are in.
- If the tops start to brown too soon, just place a sheet of silver foil over them, resting lightly on the tops.
- The challah is done when you turn out the loaf, give it a knock-knock on the bottom and it sounds hollow.
- Let it cool.
- If this recipe makes too much for you, you can either freeze the dough, or the baked challahs.
- Best eaten with sweet butter, also makes the most amazing French toast.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1840, Fat 36.7, SaturatedFat 7.2, Cholesterol 282, Sodium 637.1, Carbohydrate 327.1, Fiber 9, Sugar 72.5, Protein 43.1
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