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-title: "Challah Bread"
-date: 2021-04-15
-tags: ['israeli', 'bread']
-author: siggines
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-
-A kind of braided bread preparation.
-
-- ⏲️ Prep time: 20 min
-- 🍳 Cook time: 40 min
-- 🍽️ Servings: 2-4
-
-NOTE: Prep time does not account for the 3-4 hours the dough must be left to rise and cool (see directions 5, 10, & 12).
-
-## Ingredients
-
-- 600ml ( 1 Pint ) warm water
-- 1 tablespoon dry active baking yeast
-- 7 tablespoons honey
-- 1.5kg flour
-- 3 eggs
-- 1 tablespoon salt
-- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
-- 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
-
-## Directions
-
-1. Fill a large bowl with the water, and sprinkle with the yeast.
-2. Whisk together: honey, oil, 2 eggs, and salt. Add to bowl.
-3. Add flour to bowl in small amounts, beating/whisking after each addition.
-4. Once the mixtures becomes a viscous dough, begin kneading until smooth and elastic, and no longer sticky.
-5. Cover bowl with a damp cloth and let rise for 1-2 hours, or until dough has doubled in size.
-6. Sprinkle flour onto a chopping board, place the dough onto it and divide in half.
-7. Knead each half, adding flour as needed to keep the dough non-sticky.
-8. Divide each half into thirds and roll into a long snake about 4cm (1.5in) in girth.
-9. Pinch the ends of the each three snakes together firmly and plait them together, making two items of braided dough.
-10. Grease two baking trays or use baking paper, cover with dry cloth and let rise for one hour. Preheat oven to 190°C / Gas mark 5.
-11. Whisk an egg and brush onto each plait, sprinkle with seeds.
-12. Bake until bread has a hollow sound when tapped, cool on a rack for an hour before slicing.