Bread Machine Challah
"I pretty much developed this recipe on my own. I fiddled and tweaked for months until I got it just right. It is just scrumptious."
photo by Ms.KittyBiddles
- Ready In:
- 2hrs
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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4-5 challahs
- Serves:
- 4-5
ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 3 1⁄2 tablespoons oil
- 3 egg yolks
- 3 1⁄2 cups flour, and
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 2 1⁄4 teaspoons dry yeast
- 1 egg
- sesame seeds (optional) or poppy seed (optional)
directions
- 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.
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Reviews
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This is a very good tasting bread and easy to make. The only negative I have to say is that no-way does it make 4-5 loaves of bread. (did I misunderstand something?). The 3.5 c of flour are what is, typically, used to make 1-2 medium-sized loaves of bread The dough produced by this recipe yielded 2 smallish loaves of challah for me. Still delicious, though. -
Ive made this recipe literally every week for the past 3 months and absolutely would never use another challah recipe. This one is so easy and has been made it so many times that I dont even have to look up the ingredients anymore. We really love it, it is super moist and kind of cake like. Just delicious. Thanks so much! -
Super moist and almost cake-like in texture and sweetness. Huge hit with my family and guests and a great option for weeks when I don't want to make my usual batch of 6 loaves. -
Outstanding. I've tried a lot of bread machine challah recipes, but until I added "moist" to my search, I didn't find a recipe I liked. This is an easy, reliable recipe that turns out great challah with a fabulously moist texture. The only thing I changed was to reduce the sugar the second and third times I made it. -
This bread is DELICIOUS! Almost too Delicious! I took my bread machine out of moth balls yesterday and couldn't believe how easy it was. Instead of making smaller loaves, I made one large one. Tomorrow morning French Toast with the left overs! Thank you Mrsspeevs for sharing! :) BTW..this dough would be great for onion rolls and onion boards.
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I'm a 27 year old mother of one and I LOVE cooking. Unfortunately, my husband and I have become very strict dieters (we've both lost over 50 lbs.!) and don't eat most of the stuff I love to cook - so I plan elaborate parties for all of our friends and make a giant buffet of everything I like to cook! It's been working out well and we have TONS of new friends!
