I love making challah breads. The dough usually comes together so nicely and is so easy to work with that it's a very predictably delicious loaf to make!
It's so pretty to look at and makes so many delicious sandwiches that you can't go wrong.
For this loaf, I used a particularly elegant recipe:
- 500g AP Flour
- 220mL water
- 100g egg (1 large)
- 25g sugar
- 20g salt
- 20g yeast
The process is also fairly simple:
- Mix all of the ingredients together and form a rough ball
- Leave it alone for 15 minutes
- Knead it for just a few minutes, until a smooth-osh ball forms
- Leave it alone for about 2 hours.
- Punch it down and divide into 4 equal strands, about 200g each
- Roll each strand to about 18'' long
- Pinch starting end and braid from right to left following this patter: over, under, over.
- Pinch at the other end and loosely cover with a light towel for about an hour.
- In the meantime, preheat the oven to 400˚F. Also beat one egg with 1 teaspoon water to create your egg wash.
- Brush egg wash on the loaf and load it in to the oven.
- Rotate after 15 minutes for even browning & baking if needed
- Finish cooking for another 15 minutes.
Enjoy!
I do a deeper dive on the process and show you how to make challah at the blog, so check it out and leave me feedback! Here's one of my first video productions, what do you think about it?
Nice looking challah. I liked your video as well. The only suggestion I would make would be to slow down the portion where you do the braiding. Many people have trouble with braiding and I think a slow motion section would be beneficial.
Regards,
Ian
That's a very good point, thanks!
I'll see what I can do to slow that portion down.
Here're the three things that I noticed:
- 1 egg is not a 100 g
- It'a not entirely clear what kind of yeast you use
- Uneven braids translate into uneven loaf
Hi Suave,
Thanks for the post.
I measured and by golly you're right. 1 egg was about 80g so I must have goofed when I added my numbers together. I'll address that.
As for the yeast, I'll clarify it next time.
The braids comment is valid too, that's why my loaf ended up looking uneven.
I appreciate the feedback and will work to make the videos better and more informative (and maybe fun?)!