Fluffy challah recipe for 5 lbs flour

amother

Aqua

Fri, Apr 17 2020, 11:44 am

My recipe is 5lb bag flour, cup oil, 6 eggs, tbs salt in big bowl
Pour 1/4C yeast and 3/4C sugar into 4C warm water. Mix water mixture and let sit for a few minutes until looks dissolved and thick layer of foam growing on top. (I usually do water sugar yeast mixture first, then do flour and other ingredients in big bowl. Takes about 3-4 minutes to take out bowl and put it ingredients, at which point yeast mixture is usually ready.)

Pour yeast water into flour mixture and knead. Cover bowl with moist towel. Preheat oven to 200, then turn off after heated. Put dough in there for 25 minutes. Take out and braid into challahs and egg/put on toppings. Put back in warm oven for hour to rise, then bake.

This is my quick cheating recipe. Would probably be better if I used a better recipe with more patchkeing and steps, and let rise like a mentch instead of cheating with oven, and loaves would probably be nicer if 75% of rising didn't happen after formation, but ain't nobody got time for that.

Other lazy tips: I only use 1 1/4C measuring cup. Fastest to only have 1 thing to clean, for me. I wash out yeast water bowl the second I pour into flour. Takes a second if you do it right away. I use gloves to knead flour. This way no sticky dough stuck to hand. I use big negel vasser type bowl to make challah. Bigger than any of my mixing bowls, and the no ridges makes easier to clean out. Big metal bowl would probably be better.

ddmom

Sat, Apr 18 2020, 11:33 pm

Not sure if you still want it but here is what I do. Easy, no fail recipe.
Mix in large bowl
1/2c sugar
1/2c oil
5Tbsp of dry yeast
3Tbsp of salt
6c of warm water
Add slowly while kneading 1 5lbs bag of flour.
When dough is ready, smear with oil and cover with clean shopping bag. Let rise at least an hour (better 2h!)
Try to shape dough without punching it or flattening.
The least you handle, the more fluffy it will be.
Comes out super delicious!!!
Smear egg on top and seeds (poppy or sesame or both!)
Start baking at 425 for 15 minutes then lower to 350 until done!!!