Queen Mum said:
Rebbetzin said:
No, I expect it, every time I post a loaf of bread.
I am surprsed no one asked for the Challah Recipe...
Well? If it isn't a family secret... ?
Nope, it is all mine...
Sure..
Heidi?s Challah
Ingredients:
3 eggs
5 to 6 cups of Bread Flour
(Amount of Flour depends on Humidity)
3/4 cup of Sugar
2 tsp. of Salt
? cup of Water (very warm)
1 cup water
2 pkgs. or approx 2 TBS of yeast
Instructions
First "proof" yeast in ? cup very warm water (105?to 115?). Stir ? cup of water and yeast until the yeast dissolves.
Let stand about 10 minutes.
In large bowl mix eggs, sugar, salt, and water, (it speeds rising time if these ingredients are heated, but do so very
carefully so you do not cook the eggs!)
Stir Yeast into the bowl (your yeast, which should be foamy, if not you need new yeast or warmer or cooler water,
too hot of water will kill the yeast, too cool of water and it doesn?t activate.)
Stir in Flour about 1 cup at a time, when it begins to get too hard to stir, use your hands to work in the rest of the
flour until the dough is no longer sticky. The dough should feel like the cheek of a small child.
Put the dough into a oiled bowl, turn the dough to cover it with oil, cover with plastic wrap of some
other cover to keep in the heat, and keep out the bugs.☺ Let dough rise for about One hour in a warm place, in
the summer outside in a safe place. In winter, in the stove with a pan of boiling water. To rise the temperature
must be at least 75?. If the room is too cool, the bread may be very slow in rising.
After the bread has risen, shape in a braid* or put in a pan, brush top of dough with egg white or a whole egg,
for a shiny finish, then sprinkle with sesame or poppy seeds and bake for about 40 minutes on 350?.
For a richer tasting Challah, sometimes I add about 1/2 cup or so of sour cream, then adjust the amt. of flour a bit.
*For Braiding Instructions, Come to Challah 101 Class, or look in any number of good Jewish cookbooks.
or now I can add the great instructions at King Arthur Flour
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2012/03/09/shaping-braids-6-strands-without-using-6-hands/
