Shabbat Recipes

Janine’s amazing Challah recipe (plus rainbow version specially for Parshat Shmot)

This challah is honestly so easy to make and incredibly good. Make it a family activity to remember - your toddlers and little kids will love mixing the bright colors and braiding the loaves too.

Gila Isaacson

OCT 30, 2024 11:03

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Rainbow challah background — Rainbow challah (Photo: Shutterstock / Kimberly Hoffman)

Janine’s exceptionally good Challah recipe (plus Rainbow challah version for Parshat Shmot)

Challah:

Ingredients:

3 sachets yeast

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1 full cup of oil

1 full cup of sugar

2 beaten eggs

3 ¼ cups of warm water

1 full TBSP salt

+/- 9 cups of flour

Method:

Put some flour into a bowl
Add yeast and mix well.
Add sugar and mix well.
Add eggs and mix well
Add oil and mix well.
Add salt and mix well.
Add the rest of the flour slowly, making sure that you end up with soft, light dough.
If it’s still sticky, oil your hands and keep kneading until it detaches from the side of the bowl easily.
Take challah according to the amount of challah used.
Leave dough to rise +/- 1-2 hours
Punch down and shape into loaves.
Let it rise again for a few minutes.
Paint with egg and bake at 18) degrees (375 f) for 20 minutes (depending on the size of the loaves) until golden brown.

Rainbow Challah version for Parshat Shmot

Tips and tricks:

For health-conscious mamas and people who don’t like using food coloring- use natural coloring like beet juice and very strongly concentrated carrot juice instead.