“So good” Egg Challah

If you have never made Challah bread, try this great recipe.

Many of you are new to our Israeli and Jewish recipes. And we are here to help you learn how to prepare and enjoy them.

When she first signed up in 2015, Galilee Green Subscriber Judy Richman from Huntley Nebraska asked us for a recipe for Challah Bread. There are many different recipes for Challah. We have at least three of them on our site.

And their are many ways to prepare it… braided, plain, rolls.

We sent Judy this simple recipe below and the photo above is how her first Challahs (Chalot in Hebrew) turned out! Great work Judy!

“My very first Challah bread! Thank you Galilee Green for the wonderful Olive Oil from Israel. The breads came out tasting so good!”

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Ingredients:

Makes 3 large Challahs

• 6 cups flour – 3 cups whole wheat and 3 cups white
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• Yeast Preparation – Mix 1 cup of warm water, ½ teaspoon sugar and 2 tablespoons of yeast
• ½ cup Galilee Green Olive Oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon of honey
• 1 cup of warm water
• Egg wash – egg, 2 tablespoons water, ½ teaspoon sugar

Directions:

Step 1:

• Mix flour, salt and sugar in a big bowl and make well inside flour
• Add yeast mixture to well and wait 15 minutes until yeast bubbles

Step 2:

• Add oil, eggs, warm water and honey
• Knead and add more flour if necessary until ready to rise
• ***Did you know that the higher altitude you live you need less flour? We live 100 feet below sea level and I use about 1 cup more flour.***
• Cover with towel and let rise until double

Step 3:

• Punch down and knead a bit more until dough is elastic and easy to work with
• Cut into 3 equal parts
• Shape your challah
• Let rise again until double
• Egg was challah
• Bake at 350 F or 180 C for 25-30 until done
• Cool on rack

ENJOY!!!