Step-by-Step Guide to Make Speedy Sourdough Challah

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, sourdough challah. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Sourdough Challah is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Sourdough Challah is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sourdough challah using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Sourdough Challah:

1. Prepare For the starter:
2. Make ready 2 tablespoons (35 grams/1.2 ounces) very active, fully fermented firm sourdough starter, refreshed 8 to 12 hours earlier
3. Get 1/3 cup (80 grams/2.8 ounces) warm water
4. Make ready About 1 cup (135 grams/4.8 ounces) bread flour
5. Make ready For final dough:
6. Get 1/4 cup (60 grams/2 ounces) warm water
7. Make ready 3 large eggs, plus 1 for glazing
8. Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoons (8 grams/0.3 ounce) table salt
9. Take 1/4 cup (55 grams/1.9 ounces) vegetable oil
10. Get 3 tablespoons (65 grams/2.3 ounces) mild honey or a scant 1/3 cup (60 grams/2.1 ounces) granulated sugar
11. Make ready About 3 cups (400 grams/14 ounces) bread flour
12. Get Fully fermented sourdough starter

Instructions to make Sourdough Challah:

1. In the Morning: mixing the sourdough starter: Knead starter into water until it is partially dissolved, then stir in the flour. Knead until it is smooth. Let the starter ferment until it has tripled in volume and is just starting to deflate. (It took me 3hr in room temperature at 30oC - 4 times its volume). If it is winter, you should do it in the evening and it takes more time to rise.
2. In a large bowl, add the oil first, then use the same cup for measuring the honey — the oil will coat the cup and let the honey just slip right outor sugar until the salt has dissolved and the mixture is fairly well combined. With your hands or a wooden spoon, mix in the bread flour all at once. When the mixture is a shaggy ball, scrape it out onto your work surface, add the starter, and knead until the dough is smooth, no more than 10 minutes. The dough should feel smooth and very firm..
3. If it is winter, soak your mixing bowl in hot water now to clean and warm it for fermenting the dough. Place the dough in it and cover with plastic wrap. Let the dough ferment for about 2 hours. It took me 2.5h in 28oC.
4. Line a big large baking tray. I made one big loaf. You can make 2 as desired. Divide the dough into 6 rolls. (170g for each).
5. Braid or shape them as desired, position them on the prepared sheet(s), and cover them well with plastic wrap. Let proof until tripled in size, about 5 hours. (It took me 2.5 hr in 28oC). When the loaf has not push back Testing the dough by gently pressed with your finger, it will have not push back but remain indented. Brush it with the egg glaze mixed with a table spoon of fresh milk. Sprinkle nuts for your choice (I use Chia seeds).
6. Preheat the oven to 180oC. Bake 40-45 minutes until golden brown. After the first 20 minutes of baking, switch the loaf from front to back so that they brown evenly; if the large loaf is browning too quickly, tent it with foil.
7. Remove it from the oven, and let cool on a rack.

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