Water Challah
Servings
Ingredients
- 5 pound high gluten flour
- 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 cup oil
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 4.5 tablespoon active dry yeast
- 5 cup of water divided
- drop of oil
Instructions
- Grease pans, mix together yeast, 11/2 tablespoons sugar and 1 cup warm water. Let sit for 5-10 minutes. Add remaining water, sugar, oil, salt and flour to the yeast mixture. Mix for 12 minutes, or knead by hand.
- Place dough in a large bowl, cover with a drop of oil and cover. Let rise for 1 hour.
- Form 6-7 medium large challahs. Let rise for another 30 minutes.
- Preaheat oven to 350; baked 30-40 minutes. *
- I bake at 325 for the same times as we like the challah a little moister.
- Contributed by Amy Greenbaum Jacobs.
Thanks for sharing. Great insight.
I don’t know for sure, this recipe was contributed many years ago, so if you do like a sweeter challah I would add a bit more, if not, just stick to the amount listed.
After doing some research, I think this may be the correct amount of sugar. Water challah is low in sugar, fat, and no eggs. I ended up getting a recipe from someone I know and love that she uses all the time. Her recipe also has a small amount of sugar. B/c there is less of the things that help make challah rise, she suggested adding a can of seltzer for part of the water. The carbonation helps make a fluffier loaf. All the best.
Is 1 1/2 Tbsp. sugar the only amount of sugar in the whole recipe? It gets added with the yeast but the directions say to add the rest of the sugar later–there is no other sugar in the recipe.
I would just start making other kinds of breads for Shabbat and save challah for the holidays, as long as you make enough and take Challah it is still a mitzvah.
Looking for a sugar Free Water Challah – Doc says I should substitute Truvia/Stevia for Sugar – I tried and Challah comes out very tough vs the light and fluffy normal texture – any ideas on how to compensate ???