Recipe#2502

Title: Challah 02

Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 From: waring@infomail.com (Sam Waring) 
 Subject: Challah 
 Date: Fri, 30 Dec 1994 09:01:00 +0000 
 Message-ID: <9412312212.af26697@post.demon.co.uk> 

Yield: 8 servings
 5 ts dry yeast
 2 c potato water
 3/4 c sugar
 2 ts salt
 3 egg
 7 c flour
 1/2 c oil
 Dissolve yeast in potato water.  Add sugar, and let stand five
 minutes. Add salt and beaten eggs.  Stir in four cups of the flour.
 Add oil, stirring while adding.  Stir in enough remaining flour to
 make dough that forms a ball and is not sticky.
 Put dough on a floured board.  Cover with a towel and let rest 10
 minutes. Knead 10 minutes.  Put in a greased bowl, and let rise
 until it doubles (about one hour).  Punch down.  Braid to form two
 loaves and place on cookie sheets.  Let rise again, approximately
 50 minutes. Use a pastry brush to gently coat with a glaze made of
 a beaten egg and a few drops of water.  Sprinkle the top with sesame
 seeds.  Bake at 350 degrees until well done (approximately 45 to
 50 minutes).