Very Buttery Challah
2 1/2 sticks Butter -- melted 2 Packages Yeast 2 cups Water -- warm 7 cups Flour -- unbleached 4 Teaspoons Salt 3 Egg -- beaten 1/2 Cup Sugar 2 Egg -- beaten Poppy Seeds -- -option...
Ingredients
- 21/2 sticks butter -- melted
- 2Packages yeast
- 2cups water -- warm
- 7cups flour -- unbleached
- 4Teaspoons salt
- 3egg -- beaten
- 1/2Cupsugar
Directions
- 1
2 1/2 sticks Butter -- melted 2 Packages Yeast 2 cups Water -- warm 7 cups Flour -- unbleached 4 Teaspoons Salt 3 Egg -- beaten 1/2 Cup Suga
- 2
Beat 3 eggs in a large mixing bowl
- 3
add salt, sugar, dissolved yeast, and butter
- 4
To this mixture, add 4 cups of the flour (all at once)
- 5
Stir in the flour and continue to add 3 more cups of flour until the dough is of a soft consistency
- 6
Knead the dough on a floured board until the dough is no longer sticky and is springy to the touch
- 7
Place the dough in a greased mixing bowl and cover with a towel
- 8
Let rise 1 1/2 hours, or until doubled in bulk