Whole-wheat challah

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
4 cups Warm Water
3 tablespoons Dry Yeast
½ cup Oil
½ cup Honey
4 Eggs
12 cups Whole-Wheat Flour; To 13 C
1 tablespoon Coarse Salt
2 tablespoons Cornmeal
Glaze:
1 Egg; Beaten
Poppy Seeds

Directions

Makes 4-6 loaves or 4 loaves and 12 rolls Pour water into large mixing bowl. Add yeast and stir. Add oil, honey and eggs. Stir in about 5 cups flour.

Let mixture rest about 45 minutes to 1 hour until bubbles.

Add salt and stir in more of remaining flour. Knead 7-10 minutes. Shape into loaves and rolls. Place in pans and let rise 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 350. Brush loaves with glaze and sprinkle with seeds.

Bake 45-50 minutes for loaves, 30 minutes for rolls.

From: Bread-Bakers Archives: ftp.best.com/pub/reggie/archives/bread/recipe Recipe By : suesam@... (sam hurwitz)

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