Sweet Challah

Sweet Challah

No Shabbat would be complete without sweet challah. Many of us crave it all week until the Sabbath arrives! There are endless types of this delicious egg bread. In this recipe you’ll find two of my favorite types of Challah: Sesame Seed and Sea Salt Dark Chocolate. Feel free to use this recipe and add your own toppings/fillings.

Sweet Challah

 

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Prep time

1 hour 45 mins

Cook time

30 mins

Total time

2 hours 15 mins

 

Author: ChefEli

Recipe type: Challah

Cuisine: Jewish

Serves: 2 Challahs

Ingredients

• ⅔ cup warm water
• 2 tbsp yeast
• ½ cup sugar plus 2 tbsp
• ½ cup oil
• 1 ½ tsp salt
• 5 eggs
• 5 to 6 cups of all purpose flour
• Topping/Fillings
• 1 egg yolk
• ½ cup dark chocolate chips
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1 tbsp sesame seeds

Instructions

1. In a large bowl whisk together warm water, yeast, and 2 tbsp sugar until bubbles appear at the surface. Whisk in eggs, oil, remaining sugar, and salt. Then mix in flour slowly until dough comes together into a ball.
2. Remove dough and place into large greased bowl. Cover with moist cloth and let the dough rise in a warm place for approximately 1 and ½ hours or until doubled in size. Punch down dough after about an hour.
3. Once the dough has doubled in size, turn out onto a floured surface. Divide dough in half.
4. Divide first half of dough into three equal parts and form a braid. Place braid in greased loaf pan.
5. Gently knead chocolate chips into second half of dough, without over kneading. Divide into three equal parts and form a braid. Place in second greased loaf pan.
6. Preheat oven for 350 degrees.
7. Brush both loaves with egg yolk.
8. Sprinkle sesame seeds over the plain loaf.
9. Sprinkle the chocolate loaf with sea salt.
10. Let rise another 20 minutes.
11. Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until golden brown.

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