Challah/bread loaves. The bread looked fantastic and was a perfect piture of Challah, but as soon as I tasted it, I knew it wasn’t the same. I needed a pretty loaf of bread that didn’t take a long time to make and this was it. Makes a better challah than a deli!
This recipe yields enough dough for six loaves, and the dough needs enough space to double in size while rising. Learn to make challah bread for Shabbat with this step-by-step recipe, and discover the significance of this fluffy, aromatic, braided Jewish bread. One of my favorite breads to bake. You can cook Challah/bread loaves using 8 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Challah/bread loaves
- It’s 5 lbs of high gluten flour.
- It’s 1 of cold + 3 hot c water.
- It’s 1 c of sugar.
- You need 1/2 c of honey.
- You need 4 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 1/2 c of oil.
- You need 4 of eggs.
- It’s 3 oz of yeast.
I used to work at a Jewish-American style bakery. And everyday, I made loaves and loaves of challah bread. In Jewish tradition, making challah is much more than just baking bread—it’s a religious experience. Add the dry ingredients to the flour.
Challah/bread loaves step by step
- Dissolve yeast in a cup of warm water (which will become your cup of cold water) with a tbsp of sugar note to self: break up yeast for quicker activation.
- Add 3 cups of very hot water top the dough mixer.
- Add oil, eggs, sugar, honey, salt, flour and yeast.
- Mix for 3 minutes.
- Oil your largest bowl sparingly and place dough in. Cover dough with a damp dishcloth and let dough rise for a 1/2 hour..
- After the dough has risen for a 1/2 hr punch it down, flip it over, cover it with the damp towel and let it rise for an additional 45 minutes..
- Make an hafrashas challah (Jewish blessing on bread) and start braiding.
- Once you’ve braided and placed it in your tin pans let it rise yet again for 45 min (all this rising should make the bread come out nice and fluffy).
- Once 45 min are up or they have risen sufficiently brush some eggwash for a nice golden shine and sprinkle sugar on them for a sweet crunch! bake on 175-380 until a golden-dark brown for 20-30 min or longer. Keep checking on them..
- Bake on 175-180° unitl a golden–dark brown for 30-45 min or longer. Keep checking on ‘em!.
For sweeter challah bread, use more sugar. Learn tips on the best way to bake Challah loaves with six strands of dough in this free recipe video clip on bread baking. An easy fool-proof challah recipe for your Jewish Sabbath– passed down to share from my Bubbe, Ema Ljuba. This deep-gold, light-textured bread is traditionally served on the Jewish Sabbath and other holidays. Challah is a traditional Jewish bread, close to a brioche, that is often braided.