Sourdough Challah (Egg) Bread

Summary

Yield
small loaves or one big
Prep time
15 minutes
Cooking time
30 minutes
Total time
45 minutes

Ingredients

2  
eggs (I use the "free run" eggs because I don't like battery cages for hens, but that is me...)
1⁄3 cup
sugar (or honey or molasses (whatever sweetener you like))
1⁄3 cup
olive oil (could substitute canola or even butter if you want)
1⁄2 teaspoon
Salt
3 2⁄3 cup
unbleached flour (can go up to 5 cups)

Instructions

Add all ingredients, in this order, to your bread machine & use the dough setting.

If dough is too moist after beginning of mixing, add more flour; if it is too dry, add warm water by the tablespoon.

Once kneed cycle is done in the machine turn out onto a lightly floured surface, cut into two equal sized balls.

Place in slightly oiled bread pans, cover with moist clean cloth and let rise in warm (not hot) place. I let mine rise for 24 hours and they nicely doubled in size.

Bake at 350 F for 30 to 35 minutes

Notes

the loaf in the pictures was allowed to rise in a warm (not hot) location for about 12 hours before I cooked it. Sometimes, depending on the temp in the house it'll rise more quickly than others.

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