Matt Pellegrini

Challah

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Preparation info
  • Makes enough dough for about

    908 grams

    of bread
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Art of Baking Bread
The Art of Baking Bread

By Matt Pellegrini

Published 2011

  • About

Because of the braiding process involved with this dough, ist’s a fun one to make. Just remember that it does not rise during proofing as dramatically as other dough; it’s much more subtle, but it still gets ample oven spring.

Ingredients

Ingredient Weight Baker’s Percentage of Final Dough
Bread Flour

Method

  1. Mix the ingredients according to the instructions in the “Mixing” portion of section 2. I prefer to beat the eggs before adding them to the rest of the ingredients as I find it helps to evenly disperse them throughout the dough.
  2. Knead according to the instructions in the