Celebrate your favorite holiday with a beautiful 6 Braid Challah, made from my favorite Challah bread recipe. This rich, decadent loaf is as delicious in all of its braided glory as it is beautiful and pillowy bread.
In a stand-up mixer fitted with a dough hook, pour the water and add the yeast and honey. Let it stand for 4 minutes until the yeast activates.
Add the olive oil, eggs, and salt. Mix well
Add half of the flour and mix on low speed until all the flour is incorporated then add the other half.
Once the flour is all incorporated, continue mixing at medium speed. The dough will be sticky but when pressing on it with your fingers it should not leave any dough on your fingers.
Transfer the dough to an oiled bowl, cover with a plastic wrap, and place in a dry draft-free place to allow the dough to rise for 90 minutes or until the dough has doubled.
Transfer the dough to a clean surface and cut the dough into 6 pieces and roll each piece of the dough into a 20 inches rope.
Attach the end of 3 ropes by pressing them together. Do the same thing with the other 3 ropes. Press the top of the ropes together. At this point, you should have all 6 ropes. Place them in front of you and separate them (fan them out like an octoypus.
Take the rope from the outside on the right and cross over all of them. Then cross the outside rope from the left and cross over. The rope that is over is brought back to the middle. Then take the second rope from the left.
Preheat the oven to 375 °F now so that it will be good and hot when the bread is ready to bake.
Once the braid is complete, transfer it to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Cover the dough with a lint-free towel or lightly with plastic wrap. Allow the dough to rise for 30 minutes in a warm draft-free place.
In a small bowl mix, 1 egg white with 1 teaspoon of water and brush it gently over the bread. dough.
Bake in a preheated oven for 23-25 minutes or until an instant-read thermometer reaches 190 °F.
Remove the bread from the baking sheet and cool completely on a cooling rack.
This recipe was calculated using the exact brands and measurements I used to make this recipe. If you are following a strict diet please note changing anything will cause the nutritional info to change. My calculations are intended as a guide only.