Challah
"challah without eggs."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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9 challah
- Serves:
- 4-6
ingredients
- 3 cups room temperature water
- 2 1⁄2 cups boiling water
- 3 tablespoons yeast
- 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons salt
- 5 lbs flour
- 3⁄4 cup oil
directions
- Place flour in a large soup pot or or other large container like a bowl. Boil 2 1/2 cups of water.
- Add yeast, salt, sugar to flour.
- When water boils, add room temperature water, then the oil then the boiling water.
- Mix together until able to lift out and place on counter or other surface.
- Kneed dough, but not too much. Just until done.
- Coat pot or bowl used to mix with some oil and place kneeded dough in pot to coat one side then turn over.
- Place a wet towel over top of pot and let dough rise in a warm place for 30 minutes. DO NOT PUNCH DOWN.
- Braid dough into several challahs.
- Bake at 350 until done.
- May add chocolate chips if special occasion or use this dough to make babaka.
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Reviews
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Great recipe for a mild, slightly sweet challah. My modifications to the recipe were to put in 1 tbsp salt. Only problem was that it was hard to remove from the greased pans, I would recommend parchment paper. Thank you.
