Rich Challah Braid
Recipe: #27818
August 28, 2017
Categories: Breads, Brunch, Oven Bake Vegetarian, Yeast Bread, Flour, Kosher Dairy, more
"Makes 1 loaf"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (649.2 g)
- Calories 1572.4
- Total Fat - 30.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 13.9 g
- Cholesterol - 438.5 mg
- Sodium - 2675.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 272.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 8.5 g
- Sugars - 33.1 g
- Protein - 46.5 g
- Calcium - 250.6 mg
- Iron - 5.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup Warm water
Step 2
Add milk, sugar, salt, egg, butter and 1 1/4 cup flour. Mix till smooth
Step 3
Add enough remaining dough to make dough easy to handle.
Step 4
Turn out dough into lightly floured, cloth covered surface and knead till smooth and elastic.
Step 5
Place dough in oiled bowl and turn to coat
Step 6
Cover dough with a damp cloth, and let dough rise until doubled.
Step 7
Punch down dough and divide into 3 equal parts.
Step 8
Roll each part into a strand 14 inches long and place close together on a lightly greased baking sheet.
Step 9
Braid strands gently, keeping the braid loose. Do not stretch
Step 10
Brush braid with shortening or oil.
Step 11
Let rise until double
Step 12
Heat oven to 375 degrees
Step 13
Beat egg yolk with 2 tablespoons water and brush over braid
Step 14
Bake 25 to 30 minutes
Tips
No special items needed.