Challah

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup water
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 2 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3 cups bread flour
• 2 1/4 teaspoons yeast
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon water

Recipe

• 1 bread machine method: have liquids ingredients at 80 degrees and all others at room temperature.
• 2 place in pan basket in order listed.
• 3 select dough/manual cycle.
• 4 do not use delay timer.
• 5 check dough consistency after 5 minutes of kneading, making adjustments if necessary.
• 6 at the end of cycle, remove dough and follow shaping and baking insructions.
• 7 raising, shaping and baking: place dough in lightly oiled bowl and turn to grease.
• 8 cover, let rise until dough until almost double.
• 9 turn dough onto lightly floured surface; punch down to remove bubbles.
• 10 roll or pat into a 14-x7-inch rectangle, starting with the shorter side, roll up tightly, pressing dough into a roll.
• 11 pinch edges and ends to seal.
• 12 place in greased 9-x-5-inch loaf pan.
• 13 cover, let rise until indentation remains after touching, brush loaf with slightly beaten egg mixed with 1 tablespoon water.
• 14 sprinkle with sesame or poppy seeds, bake in preheated 375 degree oven 30 to 40 minutes.
• 15 remove from pan; cool.