Make challah bread, a candy, enriched loaf historically eaten on Friday nights by Jewish households to rejoice the Sabbath. The leftovers make pretty French toast

• Preparation and cooking time
  • Prep:30 minutes
  • Prepare dinner:30 minutes
  • plus 1 hr 40 minutes proving
• Extra effort
• Makes 1 loaf (cuts into 18-20 slices)

• Vegetarian

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Substances

• 500g sturdy white bread flour, plus further for dusting
• 70g caster sugar
• 7g sachet fast-action dried yeast
• 2 eggs, crushed
• 70ml sunflower oil, plus further for the bowl
• 1 tbsp poppy seeds or sesame seeds (non-obligatory)

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Technique

• STEP 1

  Mix the yeast, a pinch of the sugar and a pair tablespoons of lukewarm water in a small bowl. Stir to dissolve the yeast, then depart for 10 minutes till foamy.

• STEP 2

  In the meantime, mix the flour, the remaining sugar and a couple of tsp positive salt in a big bowl. Make a effectively within the centre, then add half the crushed egg, the yeast combination and the oil. Pour in 200ml lukewarm water (it ought to really feel barely heat to the contact) and stir with a spoon, then combine utilizing one hand, preserving the opposite clear whilst you convey the dough collectively. If there are quite a lot of very dry bits, step by step add slightly water to simply convey it collectively – you don't need it to get too moist and sticky. The dough ought to be moist, however not soggy.

• STEP 3

  As soon as the dough has come collectively, flip it out onto a flippantly floured floor. Knead utilizing each fingers for 10 minutes till clean and a bit springy. If it will get very sticky, add a really small quantity of flour – as little as attainable. A dough scraper is helpful if the dough is sticking to the work floor. Stretch the edges of the dough down and pull collectively to kind a ball. Calmly oil a bowl, then flippantly roll the dough ball across the bowl so it's coated within the oil. Cowl with a clear tea towel and depart in a heat place for 1 hr, or till dough has doubled in dimension.

• STEP 4

  Line a baking sheet with baking parchment. Flip the dough out onto a clear work floor and divide into three equal items, weighing for accuracy, if you happen to like. Roll each bit into an extended sausage form about 25cm lengthy, tapering them barely at each ends. Lay the items out in entrance of you, parallel to 1 one other with a pair centimetres between every. Carry the sausages collectively on the high finish, then plait them down the size, tucking within the ends once you attain the underside. Rigorously switch the loaf to the ready baking sheet and loosely cowl with a clear tea towel. Go away to rise till puffy and billowy, about 40 minutes.

• STEP 5

  In the meantime, warmth the oven to 200C/180C fan/gasoline 6. Gently brush the remainder of the crushed egg all around the challah, getting it into all of the crevices, and sprinkle with the poppy or sesame seeds, if utilizing. Bake on a center shelf of the oven for 25-30 minutes, till the loaf is golden brown beneath and sounds hole when tapped. Test after about 15 minutes – if the highest of the loaf has began to get too darkish, cowl it with foil. Go away to chill on a wire rack, then serve.