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How to Mix Wet Ingredients When Baking Challah Bread

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Challah bread is a popular Jewish food served on holidays and on the Sabbath. You can find challah in both braids and round, crown-like shapes. To proof the yeast and mix the wet ingredients for this egg-rich, golden colored bread, follow these simple steps.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tbsp. salt

    Proofing the Yeast

  1. Step 1

    Place 1/2 cup of water in a small bowl and warm the water to approximately 110 degrees F. You can warm the water in the microwave.

  2. Step 2

    Sprinkle 2 1/2 tbsp. of yeast on the warm water. Mix the yeast and the water together with a spoon.

  3. Step 3

    Let the yeast and water mixture stand for approximately five minutes. When the yeast and water mixture appears foamy, it is ready to use in the challah recipe.

  4. Mixing the Wet Ingredients

  5. Step 1

    Put the yeast and water mixture in the mixing bowl of your stand mixer.

  6. Step 2

    Add 1 1/2 cups of water to the mixing bowl.

  7. Step 3

    Measure out 1/4 cup of vegetable oil using a measuring cup, and add the vegetable oil to the mixing bowl.

  8. Step 4

    Pour 1/2 cup of honey into a measuring cup, and then transfer the honey to the mixing bowl. Use the same measuring cup that you used to measure the oil, as it makes it easier to get the honey out of the measuring cup.

  9. Step 5

    Crack three eggs into a small bowl or a measuring cup. Make sure that the eggs contain no pieces of eggshell. Pour the eggs into the mixing bowl with the rest of the wet ingredients.

  10. Step 6

    Place 1 tbsp. of salt in the mixing bowl.

  11. Step 7

    Beat all of the ingredients in the mixing bowl using the stand mixer and the mixer's paddle attachment. Be sure to mix until the mixture appears smooth.

Tips & Warnings
  • Use a cooking thermometer to ensure that the water is at the optimal temperature (110 degrees Fahrenheit) to activate the yeast. If you don't have a cooking thermometer, you can dip your finger in the water to approximate the temperature.
  • If the yeast doesn't foam after approximately five minutes, it is probably dead or old yeast. Discard the yeast and start over with new yeast.

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