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    2 hrs 30 mins

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    Mirj's Note:

    This recipe originally comes from Kosher by Design by Susie Fishbein. I've been making this challah every week for the last two months, and it makes a delicious, rich challah. I don't use the bread machine method, making the dough in my Kenwood mixer and giving the final knead by hand, then braiding the challah and baking it in the oven. I'm posting this as a bread machine recipe at the request of Miraklegirl. BTW, I don't use all the water called for in the recipe, I usually add a bit at a time until I'm happy with the consistency of the dough.

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    Ingredients:

    Serves: 12

    Yield:

    challot

    Units: US | Metric

    Directions:

    1. 1
      Place the water, egg yolks, salt oil, flour, sugar and yeast in the bread machine pan, according to the manufacturer's directions.
    2. 2
      Process the ingredients in the dough cycle.
    3. 3
      Remove immediately when the machine beeps.
    4. 4
      Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
    5. 5
      Divide the dough in half.
    6. 6
      Divide each piece into three sections.
    7. 7
      Roll each section into a long strand.
    8. 8
      Braid the three strands, pinching the top and bottom ends together.
    9. 9
      Place on a parchment-lined or lightly greased baking sheet.
    10. 10
      Repeat with the remaining dough, making the second challah.
    11. 11
      Let the challot rise, covered, for 30 minutes.
    12. 12
      Brush the challot with the beaten egg.
    13. 13
      Sprinkle with the sesame seeds, poppy seeds, or a combination of both.
    14. 14
      Bake for 30 minutes.
    15. 15
      Cool on a wire rack.

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    Ratings & Reviews:

    • on September 06, 2012

      55

      Mirj, must tell you that this has become my go to recipe every Friday. I have made it using brown sugar and I've tried using honey though I do use less sweet than called for in the recipe. I do have to add quite a bit more flour after the cycle is done to make the dough workable. My trick for a beautiful brown challah is to bake for 10 minutes at 375 and then the next 20 min. at 350. Turns out beautiful every time. Last week I made chocolate meringues out of the left over egg whites. They were a hit also.

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    • on August 11, 2011

      55

      Wow! This was so good and really suprisingly easy. We buy challah bread whenever we can because I thought it would be too hard to make, but I was wrong! I did use regular white sugar because I wasn't sure if you use packed or loose brown sugar. TIP for the NOVICE BAKER LIKE ME :) The dough is very easy to work with and you don't need to put flour down on the surface to roll it out. Just take each strand in your hands and roll it between them like you would to make a play-doh "snake" - letting gravity do some of the work. Next time I might put some foil on top for part of the baking because we like a really light colored crust, but the bread does turn out really beautifully so don't feel that you have too. Thanks so much for the awesome recipe, Mirj!!!

      Update: I made these again today - wonderful - but I added a cup less flour than it needed, so I kneaded about a cup into the dough after the bread machine cycle. Then I let it rise for about an hour in a slightly warm oven. I baked it at 350 for 20 minutes with the convection oven and it was To-Die-For!!! Thanks again!

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    • on March 06, 2011

      55

      This is great, thanks for the recipe, only thing I changed was I added 4 teaspoons of vital wheat gluten. It baked up great and looks pretty tastes good toooo !!!

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    Nutritional Facts for The Best Bread Machine Challah

    Serving Size: 1 (101 g)

    Servings Per Recipe: 12

    Amount Per Serving
    % Daily Value
    Calories 278.8
     
    Calories from Fat 79
    28%
    Total Fat 8.8 g
    13%
    Saturated Fat 1.6 g
    8%
    Cholesterol 92.3 mg
    30%
    Sodium 229.7 mg
    9%
    Total Carbohydrate 42.8 g
    14%
    Dietary Fiber 1.4 g
    5%
    Sugars 8.4 g
    33%
    Protein 6.6 g
    13%
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