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Challah Bread Braid Recipe 

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Challah bread is one of my favorite loaves of bread to make when we are having a special meal with friends or family. It such a celebratory bread, a happy feasting bread, if you will.

Simple Challah Bread Braid Tutorial at Forgotten Way Farms!

It rises so beautifully and is very easy to work with. You just can’t mess this one up. This Challah Bread is the first bread I teach my kids to bake.

I will show you below how I braid mine into a wreath braid, but you can braid it into straight loaves, or any way your heart desires.

My sweet girl, baking her first loaves years ago. She is now almost seventeen and can bake and cook up a storm. Start them young, and you won’t regret it.

Challah bread!

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Challah Bread Braid

Ingredients

  • 1 pkg. active dry yeast
  • 1/4 cup warm water 105-115
  • 1/2 cup lukewarm water
  • 1 T. sugar or honey
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1 T. olive oil
  • 2 1/2 - 2 3/4 cups unbleached flour

Instructions

  1. Dissolve yeast in warm water, then stir into the lukewarm water, sugar, salt, egg, olive oil and 1 1/4 cups of flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in remaining flour. Knead for 5 mins. Let rise 1 1/2 hrs. Punch down and braid, now brush with butter and let double (40 mins.) Heat oven to 375. Brush with egg yoke mixture
  2. (1 egg yoke, and 2 T. cold water)  Bake 25-30 mins.

Recipe Notes

This recipe is doubled for a wreath braid A  pictorial guide on braiding Challah bread into a wreath:

A  pictorial guide: Braiding Challah bread into a wreath

This is what the Challah Bread dough looks like after an hour and a half of rising. Pretty cool, huh? Love the power of yeast.

Challah Bread dough that has risen is so pretty!

Cut into three even looking pieces, and start rolling each one into long thin ropes.

Homemade Challah Bread, so lovely

Challah Bread Braiding Tutorial

Challah Bread Braid Tutorial, that is so easy and simple!

Loosely start braiding, and shape into a circle as you go. Pinch and twist dough to join ends together to form your challah bread wreath.

Braiding Challah Bread the easy way

How beautiful, I hadn't thought of braiding it into a circle!

Challah Bread Braid with Poppy Seeds!

Brush with egg mixture and sprinkle with poppy seeds. Above are the poppy seeds we harvest each year, I haven’t bought poppy seeds from the store in over three years! 
As you can see in the picture below, I love using these Silpat Mats for easy cleanup.

Challah Bread Tutorial at Forgotten Way Farms

I love how easy this recipe is!

It really comes out stunning, you can use it as a centerpiece for your table, and stuff it with flowers and fruit in the center, and it looks amazing.

I hope you take some time out of your day and give this a try.

– Abby Jo

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Comments

  1. Tonisa says

    March 22, 2016 at 9:59 pm

    Yumm! Love the new look!

    Reply
    • homesteadracks says

      March 22, 2016 at 11:50 pm

      Thanks Tonisa glad you like it 🙂 Love the feedback!

      Reply
  2. Brian Olsen says

    December 1, 2020 at 7:26 pm

    Can you tell me why you use unbleached flour and not bread flour? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Abby Jo says

      August 23, 2021 at 4:53 pm

      Just what I have 🙂

      Reply

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