Challah Bread (Enriched Yeast Dough) # Festive Contest _ Mombasa )

Name: Challah Bread (Enriched Yeast Dough) # Festive Contest _ Mombasa )
Yield: 1 -2 Loaves
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1 Cup Lukewarm Milk (Water if preferred); 2 Tsp instant Yeast; 4-4.5 APF (All Purpose Flour); 1/4 Cup Sugar; 2 Tsp Salt; 2 large Eggs; 1 Egg yolk (Reserve whites for brushing); 1/4 Cup Canola oil (or any neutral flavored oil); Sesame/Chia seeds (optional)

Kezengwa Irene @IKezengwa

Mombasa, Kenya

Here is a bread that is as much a pleasure to look at as it is to eat! The dough is enriched with eggs and oil, while a few tablespoons of sugar add some sweetness. Made similar to the brioche only butter has been substituted with oil. For celebrating everything, from Christmas to Easter, try something different from the usual.

Kezengwa Irene @IKezengwa

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Ingredients

1 -2 Loaves

1 CupLukewarm Milk (Water if preferred)
2 Tspinstant Yeast
4-4.5APF (All Purpose Flour)
1/4 CupSugar
2 TspSalt
2large Eggs
1Egg yolk (Reserve whites for brushing)
1/4 CupCanola oil (or any neutral flavored oil)
Sesame/Chia seeds (optional)

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Steps

1

Dissolve the yeast. IN water, a healthy pinch of sugar and stir. Let it stand till you see a frothy layer across the top 5 - 10mins.
2

Mix dry ingredients.
3

Add eggs, yolk and oil.
4

Mix to form a shaggy dough.
5

Knead for about 6- 10 mins
6

Let dough rise till doubled.
7

Divide dough and roll into ropes. You can have 3 - 6 ropes. I made 4 ropes.
8

Braid the dough. Like braiding yarn, and squeeze them at the end once done.
9

Cover with cling flim or a clean kitchen towel and let the challah rise.
10

Brush the challah with egg white mixed with a little water or milk and you can top it off with sesame seed/ chia seeds (optional)
11

Bake at 180 for 30 -35 mins till browned as desired. Remove and cool before slicing.