Category
Bread
Author:
Sunrise Flour Mill
Ingredients
500g Heritage Bread Blend or Heritage White Flour
170g Warm Water
⅓ Cup olive oil
3 Tbsp Honey
2 eggs +1 yolk (save egg white)
2 tsp Salt
3 tsp yeast
1 egg white
1 Tbsp cold water
Dough
Egg Wash
Directions
Weigh your flour in a large mixing bowl. Tare the scale and weigh your water. Weighing ingredients helps insure accuracy.
Add the remaining dough ingredients to the mixing bowl. Mix and knead until a smooth bread dough is formed. If you find your dough is still too sticky, add a small amount of flour until a smooth, soft dough is formed.
Place the dough into an oiled bowl and turn once to coat with oil. Cover and let rise for 2 hours, or until nearly doubled.
Transfer to a lightly greased work surface and deflate.
Divide the dough into four equal pieces. Roll into ropes about 20’’ long. Below is a video that demonstrates how to make a 4 strand braid (you can choose a different number of strands to braid if you find a different braid you would like to try).
Once braided, tuck both ends under the braid and transfer the dough to a parchment lined baking sheet.
Brush with a little oil and cover with plastic wrap and proof until it has doubled in size (about one hour).
When your dough is almost doubled, preheat the oven to 375F
Mix up the egg wash and brush over the top of the loaf.
Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the internal temp is 190F. Allow to cool on a cooling rack. Enjoy!
The egg wash is step #9.
Made this beautiful loaf this morning. Fortunately, I am an experienced baker so though the instructions are not detailed, the loaf turned out well. Be sure to “bloom” your yeast don’t simply place in the flour and be sure to knead or mix with a dough hook long enough to give the bread the “toughness” of a good challah bread. The texture is somewhat mealy (maybe off a bit on the kneading) and the taste is a bit bland, but butter and honey made it tasty. I think the rest of this loaf will be used for toast. The braiding instructions were excellent and the loaf is beautiful! I will try it again converting all the measurements to weight – baking is a science.
I made this Sunday morning to serve with our Chanukah dinner that evening! Excellent recipe, easy to make, and everyone loved it!! All said that it was better than bakery quality!! A great looking and smelling dough!!
No mention of egg wash in directions. Assuming egg white and water are whisked and brushed on bread prior to baking. Please clarify, thank you.
2 questions:
The yeast can be tossed in with the flour and water? Or should it be bloomed in the water and then added to the flour? And second, where do you add the egg white wash, just before baking? Thanks
Best video for how to braid 4 strands!
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