Sweet Challah
 
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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.
Recipe by Chef Times Two at https://www.cheftimestwo.com/sweet-challah/