This comment the impetus for this blog. A place to record recipes that I use frequently enough to elicit the aforementioned response, as well as a historical record for my beloved daughter who will, one day, request them of me. I suppose I should start with the most popular and most requested recipe in my repertoire, my bread machine challah.
Henderson Challah for the bread machine
Add your liquids first:
7/8 C lukewarm water
1/2 stick of melted butter
2 large eggs
1/4 C honey
then add the dry ingredients:
1 tsp salt
4 C Better for Bread flour
2 tsp yeast for bread machines
Set bread machine for dough cycle and let it run. After the cycle has completed, I let the dough rise until it reaches the top of the canister.
Remove dough and split into two lumps. Split each lump into three strands and braid (I do a simple braid, but you could do more fancy multi-strand braids, if you wish). Place braids on baking stone or pan and cover to let rise. I usually let it rise for a couple of hours.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare an egg wash (one beaten egg plus a splash of water) and brush over braids. Bake 35 minutes or until golden.
Shabbat Shalom!
2 comments:
This recipe has been living under our refrigerator magnet for over a year -- no one here is surprised that it has the honor of being your first post.
Yum!
It is the best challah ever! :o)
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