TanksHill said:
Hummm that seems a bit heavy but a good place to start.
Thanks, g
I can give you my recipe for Challah, it is light and very tasty. The recipe is from a booklet I made for my Challah 101 Class.
Heidis Challah
Ingredients:
3 eggs
5 to 6 cups of Bread Flour
(Amount of Flour depends on Humidity)
3/4 cup of Sugar
2 tsp. of Salt
cup of Water (very warm)
1 cup water 2 pkgs. or approx 2 TBS of yeast
Instructions
First "proof" yeast in cup very warm water (105to 115). Stir cup of water and yeast until the yeast dissolves. Let stand about 10 minutes.
In large bowl mix eggs, sugar, salt, and water, (it speeds rising time if these ingredients are heated, but do so very carefully so you do not cook the eggs!)
Stir Yeast into the bowl (your yeast, which should be foamy, if not you need new yeast or warmer or cooler water, too hot of water will kill the yeast, too cool of water and it doesnt activate.)
Stir in Flour about 1 cup at a time, when it begins to get too hard to stir, use your hands to work in the rest of the flour until the dough is no longer sticky. The dough should feel like the cheek of a small child.
Put the dough into a oiled bowl, turn the dough to cover it with oil,
cover with plastic wrap of some other cover to keep in the heat, and keep out the bugs.( Let dough rise for about One hour in a warm place, in the summer outside in a safe place. In winter, in the stove with a pan of boiling water. To rise quickly the temperature must be between 85 and 95. If the room is too cool, the bread may not rise at all.
After the bread has risen, shape in a braid* or put in a pan, brush top of dough with egg white or yolk, (for a shiny finish,) then sprinkle with sesame or poppy seeds and bake for about 40 minutes on 350. Take out, allow to cool.
Too make the bread extra special, some times I add about 1/2 to 3/4 cup Sour Cream to the liquids. Makes a very rich flavor.
*For Braiding Instructions, Come to Challah 101Class, or look in any
number of good Jewish cookbooks.
