Culinary Institute of America

Challah

Three-Braid

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    9 lb

    dough. DDT: 78°F/26°C
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
top 1000Baking & Pastry: Mastering the Art and Craft
Baking & Pastry

By Culinary Institute of America

Published 2015

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Ingredients

Ingredient Baker’s % U.S. Metric
Bread flour

Method

  1. Combine the flour and yeast. Add the water, egg yolks, oil, sugar, and salt to the mixer, then add flour and yeast. Mix with the dough hook attachment on low speed for 4 minutes and on medium speed for 4 minutes. The dough should be slightly firm and smooth, not sticky. Mix to the intense stage of gluten development.
  2. Bulk ferment the dough until nearly doubled,