Soft Challah

Name: Soft Challah
Ingredients: raisins cup Dark or yellow, plumped; 1 cup warm water; 2 tablespoons dry yeast; 1 sugar; 1 cup sugar; honey cup Light; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 cup oil; 3 eggs; 2 egg yolks; 6 cups bread flour Approximately, up to 7; 2 tablespoons water; 2 teaspoons sugar; 1 egg; 1 yolk

15 ingredients

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Ingredients

raisins cup Dark or yellow, plumped
1 cup warm water
2 tablespoons dry yeast
1 sugar
1 cup sugar
honey cup Light
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup oil
3 eggs
2 egg yolks
6 cups bread flour Approximately, up to 7
2 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons sugar
1 egg
1 yolk

Directions

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["In a large mixing bowl stir together the yeast, water, and pinch of sugar.", "Let stand five minutes to allow yeast to swell and dissolve.", "Briskly stir in remaining sugar, honey, and salt. Then add oil, eggs, yolks and about five cups of the flour. Stir into a shaggy mass. Let stand 10-20 minutes to absorb flour. Knead, by hand or with a dough hook, adding remaining flour as required to make a soft and elastic dough (about 10-12 minutes). Dough should leave sides of the bowl. If it is sticky, add small amounts of flour until dough is soft but no longer sticks. (Note: if you find dough too bulky for your mixer, divide in two. Knead one portion at a time).", "Let dough rest on a lightly floured board ten minutes, then flatten and press in raisins as evenly as possible into the dough, folding dough over raisins to \"tuck\"" them in. Place dough in a greased bowl and either cover with greased plastic wrap and a damp tea towel or cover with a damp tea towel and place entire bowl inside a large Let rise in a draft free place until doubled and puffy looking