Grandmas chale

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
5 cups Flour,heaping
5 teaspoons Course salt (kosher)
2 teaspoons Sugar
3 tablespoons Oil
1 Or 2 eggs
1 ounce Yeast
¼ cup Warm water
1¾ cup Warm water

Directions

To the yeast in a larg bowl, add ¼ c warm water, mix slightly and let stand afew minutes. Add 1¾ c warm water and balance of ing.

Mix dough with hands til it stays togeter and forms a ball. Remove from bowl onto floured board. Kneed into a ball and return dough to bowl, flour slightly. Cover with a towel and place in a warm place to rise. Let rise 30-45 min Remove from bowl onto floured board. Kneed until squeek is out and dough is origional size. Return to bowl and let double in size again. Remove and cut into desired size, kneed into small balls. Braid and place in greased pan, cover with towel and let rise ½ hour. Brush with egg white and bake at 400 for ½ hour, turn oven to 350 and bake for ½ hour.

This recipe was how grandma made it in Russia.She never measured with anything but her hands! Converted by MMCONV vers. 1⅒

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