Challah Recipe

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Challah
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Ingredients
9
Count
Nutrition
926
Calories
Total time
240
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 tbsp active dry yeast
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 5 large eggs
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 8 cups all-purpose flour , could be as much as 8 . 5 cups
  • 1/2 cup raisins , per challah , plumped in hot water and drained (optional)

Directions:

  1. In a large bowl, dissolve yeast and 1 T sugar in 1 3/4 cups lukewarm water. Let rest for 10 minutes.
  2. Whisk oil into yeast, then beat in 4 eggs, one at a time, with remaining sugar and salt. Gradually add flour. When dough holds together, it is ready for kneading. (You can also use a mixer with a dough hook for both mixing and kneading, but be careful if using standard KitchenAid, it's a bit much for it, though it can be done.).
  3. Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead until smooth. Clean out bowl and grease it, then return dough to bowl. Cover with plastic wrap, and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour, until almost doubled in size. Dough may also rise in an oven that has been warmed to 150 degrees then turned off. Punch dough down, cover and let rise again in a warm place for another half hour.
  4. Note: any of these risings can be done in the fridge for a few hours, for a more deeply developed flavor. When you are ready to work with it again, bring it back to room temperature before moving on to next step.
  5. At this point, you can knead the raisins into the challah, if you are using them, before forming the loaves.
  6. To make a 4-braid challah, either straight or circular, take half the dough and form it into four balls per loaf. With your hands, roll each ball into a strand about 12 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide. Place the four in a row, parallel to one another. Pinch the top of the strands together.
  7. Grasp the leftmost strand and pass it to the right, under the two strands adjacent to it, then back towards the left, over one strand (the one closest to it now).
  8. Grasp the rightmost strand and pass to the left, under the two strands adjacent to it (which have already been braided), and then back to the right, over one strand.
  9. Alternately do steps 7 and 8 until braid complete. Pinch ends together.
  10. If you want a circular loaf, twist into a circle, pinching ends together. Repeat for second loaf.
  11. Place loaves on baking pan with at least 2 inch between.
  12. Beat remaining egg and brush onto loaves. Either freeze breads, or let rise another hour.
  13. If baking immediately, preheat oven to 375 and brush loaves again. Sprinkle loaves with seeds in using. If freezing, remove from freezer for 5 hours before baking.
  14. Bake in middle of oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until golden. (If you have an instant read thermometer, you can take the loaf out when internal temperature of 190 degrees. Cool loaves on a rack.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 925.66 Kcal (3876 kJ)
Calories from fat 223.76 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 24.86g 38%
Cholesterol 155mg 52%
Sodium 1230.85mg 51%
Potassium 378.39mg 8%
Total Carbs 150.37g 50%
Sugars 11.11g 44%
Dietary Fiber 6.77g 27%
Protein 23.7g 47%
Vitamin C 0.7mg 1%
Iron 3mg 17%
Calcium 53.9mg 5%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 358.69 Kcal (1502 kJ)
Calories from fat 86.7 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.63g 38%
Cholesterol 60.06mg 52%
Sodium 476.95mg 51%
Potassium 146.62mg 8%
Total Carbs 58.27g 50%
Sugars 4.3g 44%
Dietary Fiber 2.62g 27%
Protein 9.18g 47%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 1%
Iron 1.2mg 17%
Calcium 20.9mg 5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 19.8
    Points
  • 24
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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