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Recipe Shabbat Challah (Bread)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons active dry yeast
- 4 cups warm water
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
- 12 cups all-purpose flour
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- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla sugar, or vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup sesame seeds
Preparing/Cooking:
- In a large bowl, sprinkle the yeast over the water.
- Let stand for about 5 minutes to dissolve the yeast.
- Stir in the salt, sugar, oil and 4 eggs until well blended.
- Gradually mix in the flour.
- When the dough becomes too stiff to stir, turn it out onto a floured surface and knead for 8 to 10 minutes.
- Place dough underneath the bowl to rise until double.
- Or, you can place the dough in the bowl, and cover with a towel.
- Punch down the dough, and divide into 6 or 8 even pieces depending on what shape you want.
- Remember to take a small piece off and make a blessing (Jewish law).
- Roll the pieces into ropes.
- Braid into two loaves, or one really big 6 piece braid - but only if your oven is large enough.
- Or, you can make the spiral shape challahs out of each rope.
- Tuck the ends under, and place on a baking sheet to rise until your finger leaves a small dent when you gently poke the bread.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Whisk together the remaining egg, water and vanilla sugar.
- Brush over the tops of the loaves.
- Sprinkle sesame seeds over the top.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven, until the bread is deep golden brown.
- Wrap the small piece of dough that was blessed in aluminum foil, and burn in the oven as an offering while the other loaves are baking.
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