Poppy Seed Egg Bread

This loaf with all white flour rises so dramatically that one set of proportions works best in either size machine. It is very much like regular challah, but made with dairy products, and the poppy seeds are distributed throughout rather than sitting on top, so it ends up cakelike. (Store your poppy seeds in the freezer, just like nuts, to keep them fresh.) My tester, Margery Schneider, doesn’t store this bread in a plastic bag, but leaves the cut loaf cut side down on her