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Recipe of New Year's Challah (Challah) Sweet Bread

The New Year's Challah sweet bread is a festive variation of the traditional Jewish challah bread, perfect for celebrations and special breakfasts. This bread is characterized by its braided, circular shape, which symbolizes the cycle of the year, and its mild sweetness from honey. It's ideal for sharing with family during Rosh Hashanah or simply enjoying on any special occasion.

The recipe is easy to follow, even for beginners in home baking. With basic ingredients like flour, yeast, honey, olive oil, and egg, you achieve a tender crumb and golden crust. The process includes activating the yeast, kneading, letting the dough rest, shaping it into a circle, and baking at 180°C until perfectly cooked.

You can serve it with hot chocolate, extra honey, or simply on its own. It also allows variations: add raisins, nuts, or spices like cinnamon to customize it. If you're looking for a versatile, traditional sweet bread, this New Year's challah is a delicious choice.

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Recipe of New Year's Challah (Challah) Sweet Bread
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Cook

180 min

Servings

6

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1

    In a jug we put warm water, honey and yeast to activate it, all that is stirred.

  2. 2

    Then, in a bowl, add the flour and the egg, and we begin to mix it gently

  3. 3

    Little by little we are adding the yeast mixture and we are mixing

  4. 4

    Finally we add the oil as a thread and knead until it homogenizes and forms. Then we let the dough rest in a glass container, with oil for 2 hours.

  5. 5

    I forgot to take the photo step by step to put it together, but it forms like a # and is intertwined in a circular way.

  6. 6

    Then it is moistened a little with water and sesame is added. In the preheated oven at 180°C it is baked for approx. 30 minutes (I suggest trying cooking with a skewer stick).

  7. 7

    Finally, honey is added to give it more sweetness and shine 😍 (above I leave you the link to the challah bread for Shabbat, it's the same recipe but it changes the shape).

  8. 8

    After 2 hours we place it on the counter, knead it a little. If the dough is too sticky, you can help it with flour.

  9. 9

    Then we separate it into 4 rolls, and we stretch it out. We should have 4 plasters left as in the photo.

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