egg free water challah---lekavod greenfire

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Egg free water challah---lekavod greenfire

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Mommy3.5

Thu, May 01 2008, 11:29 pm

egg free water challah

3 C flour
1/4 C sugar
1/4 C oil
1 1/4 C water
1 Tbsp. Dry yeast

Mix 3/4 C water with yeast and 1 Tbsp sugar.

in a Separate bowl, mix all dry ingredients, form a well in the dry ingredients and add yeast mixture and oil, begin kneading add the rest of the water slowly as needed.

Allow dough to rise 1 hour, or till doubled in size. Braid and place in a challah pan, bake at 350 till golden brown.

If you want you can glaze the top with a bit of egg yolk.

this recipe yields 1 loaf. I usually quintuple it and make 6 loaves.

Enjoy!

mimivan

Fri, May 02 2008, 5:52 am

Yeah Greeny and Mommy!

I was looking for a real water challah...the one in my cookbook has 2 eggs.

dh loves his mother's challah without a single egg (except on the top for a glaze.) looking forward to trying this iy'h next week!

louche

Fri, May 02 2008, 7:55 am

Thank you, thank you, thank you! We're into egg challah ourselves, but we have strict vegan friends (forget the egg glaze, baby, makes the challah totally tref for them). I could give them matzah or pitta but it's nicer to make something that everyone at the table will eat.

Two questions: have you tried it with whole wheat and if so does that work well, and
it sounds like an awful lot of sugar. Does it taste sweet?

montrealmommy

Fri, May 02 2008, 8:01 am

This is very similar to my water challah -

the sugar is not too much, IMO and it necesasry b/c usually egg adds a certain sweetness and here there is nothing to 'blend' the flaovrs.

I've made mine with both whole wheat and spelt - I usually do 1/2 sugar and 1/2 honey for those b/c the honey adds a little more moisture to those 'harder' grains

louche

Fri, May 02 2008, 8:04 am

are you willing to post your recipe? I prefer to make 100% whole wheat if possible. TIA.

montrealmommy

Fri, May 02 2008, 9:33 am

MM's Water Challah:

5 lbs. WW flour
5 Tbsp. dry active yeast or 2 oz. fresh
1 Tbsp. salt
18 Tbsp. sugar/honey + 1tsp. sugar
6-7 c. warm water
1/4 c. oil

mix yeast with 1 tsp. sugar and 1/2-2/3 c. warm water
let activate

in a large bowl mix all dry ingredients
make a well in the middle
add yeast mix, honey (if using) and 5.5 c. water
stir then knead as dough forms
add water as nec. (you should still have 1 c. in reserve)
When dough has formed, add oil and knead lightly
Cover and let rise 1-2hours
Punch down and let rise another 1/2 hour
Form/Braid and bake (you can also form/braid then let it rise another 1/2 hour)
Bake in greased pans at 350 for 30-40 min. or until if make a hollow sound when tapped on the underside

Great egg fre glaze: whisk a little oil, honey and vanilla then baste over challos - gives a beautiful shine and a nice hint of sweetness to the crust

louche

Fri, May 02 2008, 9:36 am

Thanks! gonna try it soon as I restock with flour.

greenfire

Fri, May 02 2008, 9:58 am

yeah I have new vegans in my house ... so ... no sugar (unless natural) and no eggs even for glaze (which I never do anyways) ...

so you think the whole wheat flour will work for this ...

I tend to modify recipes - so I will see what I will make as I start baking it ... I'll let ya know later ...

and thank you thank you ... Drunken Smile

YALT

Fri, May 02 2008, 10:09 am

my water challah is also egg-free! When I make it for my neighbor, I don't brush the top. But for us I do.

2 Tbsp. dry yeast
1 c. sugar
1 c. warm water

mix. let bubble. add:

½ c. oil
3 c. water
1 Tbsp. salt
12-14 c. flour

rise
preheat oven to 200 degrees
shape
no 2nd rising!
brush with egg (optional)
put challas in oven, close door, and turn off! for 10 minutes.
without opening oven, turn oven back on to 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes.

Mommy3.5

Sun, May 04 2008, 3:06 pm

the original recipe calls for 2 tbsp. I like it with a 1/4 cup. Its not sweet, feel free to use less if you like it with less sugar. I have basically played around with it till we liked it.

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