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Challah Mummy's Challah Chanukiah
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Recipe Intro From allegrabenitah
Enjoy celebrating Chanukah with this 3D Challah Chanukiah. Made from Challah Bread, it can stand upright and transform your festive table into something spectacular.
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Prep time 3hrs
Cook time 30mins
Serves or Makes: 1 large 3D Challah Chanukiah
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ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water water
- 1 teaspoon yeast
- 4 1/2 tablespoons caster sugar
- 2 pounds all purpose flour
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 cup sunflower oil
- 1 tablespoon salt
Method
Step 1
Pour the lukewarm water into a big mixing bowl, add the extra teaspoon of caster sugar and then carefully dissolve the fresh yeast into the water.
Step 2
Once bubbles start to appear on the surface of the water, pour in about a third of the flour, followed by the 2 eggs, the rest of the caster sugar, the salt and the oil.
Step 3
Get your hands into the dough and combine the mixture, adding flour little by little as you go, until you get a big ball of dough. You will know when the dough is ready to knead because it shouldn’t stick to your hands any more. You may not need all the flour to get to this point so just use what your own dough mixture needs. Sprinkle a clean work surface with flour, tip your dough out onto it and knead for 5-10 minutes, adding a bit of flour if it gets too sticky again.
Step 4
Drizzle a little bit of leftover sunflower oil around the big mixing bowl, place the ball of kneaded dough back inside and cover with cling film. Leave the dough to rise for about 1 ½ hours or until it has doubled in size.
Step 5
Once the dough has risen, give it a little punch to knock the air back out of it. Place it back on the floured work surface and knead it a little bit, with a bit of flour if needed, so that it’s ready to shape.
Step 6
Make a Chanukiah shape out of foil and slowly wind the challah dough, braided if you wish, around the foil structure. Once you are happy with the shapes, cover the challah dough with a clean tea towel or cling film and let it rise again for half an hour to one hour.
Step 7
Towards the end of this time, pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees and prepare the egg wash. Spread the egg wash generously over the challah with a pastry brush and decorate with seeds. Bake the challah boxes for 25- 30 minutes at the bottom of the oven. You may need to cover the challah in foil at around 20 minutes if it’s getting a bit too brown and crispy!