The Best Challah Recipe

The Best Challah Recipe

January 16, 2024|Bread & Challah

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6 Ingredient Challah

Challah Recipe (2 medium challahs)

In a mixer (or by hand) mix in ingredients in order: 

❤️ 4 cups all purpose flour  

❤️ 1/4 cup sugar  

❤️ 1 Tbsp. dry yeast 

❤️ 1 1/4 cups warm water (may need a few tbsp more)

❤️ 1/4 cup oil 

❤️ 1/2 Tbsp. salt  

The Best Challah Recipe

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in order and knead for about 7-10 minutes.

Dough should be soft, a bit sticky.

Place dough inside a large bowl or keep it in your mixing bowl, oil spray the dough & cover the bowl with a plastic wrap, a bag or a damp towel, let rise 20 minutes.

After 20 minutes punch in the dough, kneed for 1 minute and let rise covered, this time 1 hour, (oil spray on top of dough to avoid drying).

After dough has about doubled, knead about 2-5 minutes and make little balls, shape your challah.

Let it rise one last time covered another 15 minutes. Turn on your over to 365F.

Brush challahs with egg and bake for 20-30 minutes. 

Challahs are ready when golden brown and when you tap on the challah it sounds hollow.  

Basic Rules

1. Add the salt last after all ingredients are mix so it does not directly touch the yeast.

2. Add the additional water gradually a tbsp at a time

3. If dough is too wet add a bit of flour 1 tbsp. at a time.

4. The more you knead the fluffier the bread! Play with your food -  I highly recommended it  😍 

5. Bake when challah almost doubles, don't leave out to rise too long.

Challah Braiding Videos:

 💕  5 strand challah

 💕 Easy 4 strand challah

 💕 4 strand challah

 💕 Round 4 strand challah

 💕 2 strand challah