Challah

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups room temperature water
• 2 1/2 cups boiling water
• 3 tablespoons yeast
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons salt
• 5 lbs flour
• 3/4 cup oil

Recipe

• 1 place flour in a large soup pot or or other large container like a bowl. boil 2 1/2 cups of water.
• 2 add yeast, salt, sugar to flour.
• 3 when water boils, add room temperature water, then the oil then the boiling water.
• 4 mix together until able to lift out and place on counter or other surface.
• 5 kneed dough, but not too much. just until done.
• 6 coat pot or bowl used to mix with some oil and place kneeded dough in pot to coat one side then turn over.
• 7 place a wet towel over top of pot and let dough rise in a warm place for 30 minutes. do not punch down.
• 8 braid dough into several challahs.
• 9 bake at 350 until done.
• 10 may add chocolate chips if special occasion or use this dough to make babaka.