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- From: jerryg@dartmouth.edu (Jerry Godes)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Challah 3
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- Date: 11 Mar 88 06:28:11 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CHALLAH-3 B "1 Nov 87" 1988
- .RZ "CHALLAH" "Jewish egg bread"
- This is my families version of Challah. It calls for saffron, but I've never
- actually made it as such (Hey, I'm just a poor college student, I can't afford
- saffron).
- .IH "four loaves"
- .IG "\(34 oz" "yeast" "21 g"
- (3 packages)
- .IG "\(34 cup" "warm water" "180 ml"
- .IG "2 tsp" "sugar" "10 ml"
- .IG "\(12 cup" "sugar" "100 g"
- .IG "\(12 cup" "butter," "120 g"
- melted
- .IG "1 Tbsp" "salt" "15 ml"
- .IG "\(14 cup" "honey" "60 ml"
- .IG "2 cups" "raisins" "300 g"
- .IG "8" "eggs"
- .IG "9 cups" "flour" "1 kg"
- .SH GLAZE
- .IG "2" "egg yolks"
- .IG "5 tsp" "water" "25 ml"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Dissolve the yeast with the warm water and sugar.
- .SK 2
- Add the rest of the sugar, butter, salt, honey, raisins, and eggs.
- .SK 3
- Add the flour, a cup at a time, until it is hard to stir.
- .SK 4
- Turn out onto a well floured counter, and knead until smooth and blistery,
- adding more flour as necessary (about 10\-15minutes).
- .SK 5
- Put into greased bowl, cover, and let rise until double, about 1 hr.
- .SK 6
- Punch down. Separate into 4 sections, and separate each section into
- 3 more sections. Roll each piece out to the size of your cookie sheet.
- Braid 3 strands together, and place on cookie sheet.
- .SK 7
- Let rise until double (about 1 hour).
- .SK 8
- Mix egg yolks and water for glaze. Spread on loaves.
- .SK 9
- Bake in a preheated oven at
- .TE 350 175
- for 15\-30 minutes until there is a golden crust.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty
- easy, if you know how to make bread
- .I Time:
- 20 minutes preparation, several hours rising, 30 minutes cooking
- .I Precision:
- Raisins are to taste. Measure the rest of the ingredients.
- .WR
- Jerry Godes
- Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
- jerryg@dartmouth.edu
-