Egg Challah

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 6 (1/4 ounce) packages dry active yeast or 13 1/2 teaspoons dry active yeast
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup hot water (from the sink not boiled)
• 2 1/2 cups hot water (from the sink not boiled)
• 3/4 cup oil
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 6 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 5 lbs flour
• 1 egg (optional)
• 1 tablespoon sugar (optional)

Recipe

• 1 take the yeast with the 2 tablespoons of sugar and put them into a bowl with 1 cup of hot water.
• 2 wait about a minute or two until you see the yeast bubble a bit. then add all the wet ingredients.
• 3 then add the 2 tablespoons of salt, 1 1/2 cups of sugar, and the 6 eggs.
• 4 mix a little bit, then pour in the 5 lbs of flour. make sure it all goes inches put both covers on to the machine, when tightly on start to mix first on #2 then move to #4 until well mixed.
• 5 when all mixed up remove from bowl and place on top of a floured cloth or towel. let it sit and rise until it is about double its original size.
• 6 shape or braid the challas as you please.
• 7 after they are shaped egg them with 1 egg and a tablespoons of sugar (optional in the above ingredients list).
• 8 placce challas in aluminum pans and bake on 350 or in coated pans bake on 300 for about 15-20 minutes on each shelf.
• 9 you be the judge on your own oven.