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diff --git a/src/challah-bread.md b/src/challah-bread.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2effba2 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/challah-bread.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +# Challah Bread + +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. + +## Contribution + +- siggines - [website](http://jacobsiggins.co.uk) + +;tags: israeli bread |