Challah is a braided bread that’s usually present during Shabbat and major Jewish holidays. In Biblical Hebrew, it means a kind of loaf or cake. Our sweet challah recipe serves a stunning and delicious classic bread with a soft interior and slightly sweet taste. This is just one of the popular Jewish recipes you can make!
How To Make Easy Sweet Challah
Serve a sweet, delightful bread for the holiday with this easy challah recipe. This braided, perfectly golden loaf is sprinkled with poppy seeds.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2cupswater
- ½cupmargarine
- 7cupsbread flour,divided
- ¼cupwhite sugar
- ¼cupbrown sugar
- ¾ozactive dry yeast,(3 packages)
- 1tbspsalt
- 4eggs,plus 1 beaten egg
- 1tbsppoppy seeds
Instructions
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In a small saucepan, combine water and margarine in a small saucepan. Heat until margarine is melted and very warm, but not boiling.
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In a large bowl, mix together 3 cups flour, white sugar, brown sugar, yeast, and salt. Add water and margarine mixture; beat well.
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Add 4 eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the remaining flour, ½ cup at a time, beating well after each addition.
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When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for about 8 minutes until smooth and elastic.
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Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place for about 1 hour until doubled in volume.
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Deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into six equal pieces and form into long ‘ropes’. Braid the pieces together to form two large loaves.
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Place the loaves on two lightly greased cookie sheets, cover the loaves with a damp cloth, and let rise for about 40 minutes until doubled in volume.
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Brush the risen loaves with the beaten egg and sprinkle with poppy seeds. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes until the loaf sounds hollow when tapped.
Nutrition
- Calories: 247.88kcal
- Fat: 6.40g
- Saturated Fat: 1.27g
- Trans Fat: 0.84g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.63g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.00g
- Carbohydrates: 39.72g
- Fiber: 1.52g
- Sugar: 4.45g
- Protein: 7.34g
- Cholesterol: 31.99mg
- Sodium: 213.17mg
- Calcium: 21.16mg
- Potassium: 76.64mg
- Iron: 2.35mg
- Vitamin A: 13.76µg
- Vitamin C: 0.01mg
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