- Kristin Ervin
Fluffy Challah Bread
Updated: Sep 24, 2020

This is a supper fluffy bread recipe. If you haven't made challah bread, you should give it a go. I will also be posting a few recipes with what you can do with leftover challah bread!
Ingredients:
1 cup milk or water, lukewarm
2 tsp active dry yeast
1/4 cup honey
4 cups all purpose flour (whole wheat works as well)
2 tsp salt
2 eggs
2 Tbsp canola oil
2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup raisons *optional
1 egg
In measuring cup mix together warm water or milk, yeast and honey. Let sit for 15 minutes.
In large bowl combine flour, cinnamon and salt. With a fork mix in water yeast mixture. Continue mixing and add in oil and 2 eggs. If you are adding raisins add now. Mix until dough forms a ball, you may need to add a small amount of extra flour. Dough will be slightly sticky still, but able to form a ball. Place dough onto counter and kneed for 8 minutes. Place on floured counter, cover with a warm damp tower and let sit for an hour to and hour and a half or until doubled in size.
Punch dough down, and portion into 3 equal portions. Roll each portion out into a long log. Lay all 3 in a row, and connect at the top and pinch together and braid. Once fully braided cover with warm damp towel and let rise for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 375ËšF.
Once bread has fully rested for the second time. Mix 1 egg and using a pastry brush egg wash over bread.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden coloured. Let fully cool once removed from oven on a wire rack.


Note:
If you are using milk insure you microwave or heat on a stove top until warm not hot. Very important step, this is how your yeast will activate. Around 105ËšF. Too cold or hot kills the yeast.