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# Challah Bread
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A kind of braided bread preparation.
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- ⏲️ Prep time: 20 min
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- 🍳 Cook time: 40 min
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- 🍽️ Servings: 2-4
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NOTE: Prep time does not account for the 3-4 hours the dough must be left to rise and cool (see directions 5, 10, & 12).
## Ingredients
- 600ml ( 1 Pint ) warm water
- 1 tablespoon dry active baking yeast
- 7 tablespoons honey
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- 1.5kg flour
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- 3 eggs
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
- 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
## Directions
1. Fill a large bowl with the water, and sprinkle with the yeast.
2. Whisk together: honey, oil, 2 eggs, and salt. Add to bowl.
3. Add flour to bowl in small amounts, beating/whisking after each addition.
4. Once the mixtures becomes a viscous dough, begin kneading until smooth and elastic, and no longer sticky.
5. Cover bowl with a damp cloth and let rise for 1-2 hours, or until dough has doubled in size.
6. Sprinkle flour onto a chopping board, place the dough onto it and divide in half.
7. Knead each half, adding flour as needed to keep the dough non-sticky.
8. Divide each half into thirds and roll into a long snake about 4cm (1.5in) in girth.
9. Pinch the ends of the each three snakes together firmly and plait them together, making two items of braided dough.
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10. Grease two baking trays or use baking paper, cover with dry cloth and let rise for one hour. Preheat oven to 190°C / Gas mark 5.
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11. Whisk an egg and brush onto each plait, sprinkle with seeds.
12. Bake until bread has a hollow sound when tapped, cool on a rack for an hour before slicing.
## Contribution
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- siggines - [website](http://jacobsiggins.co.uk)
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;tags: israeli bread