Challah
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recipe by Keith Lamprecht
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- Total Time
- 7hrs 10mins
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- Serves
- 6
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- Calories
- 1023
Here is a bread that is as much a pleasure to look at as it is to eat. Check out that braiding! And the way it practically glows on the table! Slice yourself a piece and cherish the pillow-soft interior, simultaneously rich and slightly sweet. Challah is a bread that should be in everyone's repertoire. For celebrating everything from Hanukkah to Sunday supper, challah is the just the bread for the job.
recipe updated Oct 14, 2020
Ingredients
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- Egg
- 270 g
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- Egg yolk
- 230 g
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- Water
- 150 g
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- Honey
- 100 g
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- Vegetable oil
- 90 g
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- All purpose flour
- 1 kg
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- Sugar
- 50 g
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- Kosher salt
- 30 g
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- Active dried yeast
- 10 g
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- Vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon
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- Egg
- 1
Tools
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Stand mixer
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Oven
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Whisk
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Cooling rack
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Pastry brush
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Small bowl
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Stand mixer bowl
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Lightly floured surface
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Large mixing bowl
Step preview
- Add egg, egg yolk, water, honey and vegetable oil to a clean stand mixer bowl
- Combine
- Add all purpose flour, sugar, kosher salt and active dried yeast to a clean large mixing bowl
- Transfer content of large mixing bowl to stand mixer bowl
- Mix slowly until smooth - approx 10 min, dough hook
- Transfer content of stand mixer bowl to lightly floured surface
- Knead until elastic - approx 3 min
- Form into balls
- Coat vegetable oil with the lightly floured surface
- Transfer content of lightly floured surface to large mixing bowl and cover
- Let rise until doubled and fold in - approx 1 hr 30 min
- Let rise until doubled - approx 1 hr 30 min
- Transfer content of large mixing bowl to lightly floured surface
- Cut into eighths and cover
- Let rest - approx 15 min
- Roll into strips
- Fold together
- Add egg to a clean small bowl
- Prepare
- Cover
- Let rise until doubled - approx 2 hr
- Pre-heat oven then reduce heat - 190°C, middle rack
- Bake - approx 40 min, 160°C
- Let cool onto cooling rack - approx 1 hr