The Best Challah Bread: the simple recipe for making challah
With its incredible deep golden-brown crust, soft, fluffy texture, and gorgeous braid pattern, challah is an amazingly delicious bread with a wonderfully rich, slightly eggy flavor. Challah is a traditional Jewish bread that's served on Shabbat as well most Jewish holidays.
Ingredients
Instructions
making the best Challah bread recipe is easier than you may think. Start by combining the yeast, sugar, and water and leave until the mixture foams. In a bowl of a stand mixer, mix flour and salt, then add the yeast mixture, eggs, egg yolk and oil, and mix to low speed until you get a dough. Knead for 10 minutes to medium speed and shape the dough into a bowl on a work surface. Place the dough into an oiled bowl, cover it with a damp towel and let it double for 2 hours.
Next, divide the dough in 3 balls, let them rest for 5 minutes, then braid the challah and pinch the end. Cover the loaf with a damp towel and let it rest until it doubles. Brush the challah with an egg wash and bake it for 20 minutes at 350°F, then brush it again with egg wash and bake for other 15 minutes. Before serving, let it cool for about 20 minutes.
Combine the yeast, sugar, and water and leave it 10 to 15 minutes, or until the mixture begins to foam.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, stir flour and salt together. Pour in the yeast mixture, eggs, egg yolk, and oil into the flour mixture. Set the mixer to low speed and mix until a loose shaggy dough forms. Set the mixer to medium and knead the dough for another 8 to 10 minutes, or until the dough is smooth, supple, and comes away cleanly from the sides of the bowl.
Lightly flour a work surface. Turn the dough out and shape it into a ball. Lightly oil a bowl. Place the dough in the oiled bowl, cover with a damp towel.
