Everything But The Bagel Challah Bread
Amazingly tender and oniony, this traditionally sweet bread takes a savory twist that is excellent for sandwiches.
Ingredients
- 1 cups Water between 98-110°F
- ¾ tsp Active Dry Yeast
- 1 tbsp Granulated Sugar
- 1/4 cup Butter melted and cooled
- 4 large Eggs reserve one
- ¼ cup Granulated Sugar
- 4¼ cups All Purpose Flour
- ½ tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Onion Powder
- 1/4 cup Everything But The Bagel Seasoning
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, add water, 1 Tbsp sugar, and yeast. Mix to combine.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, flour, salt, and onion powder. Whisk to combine.
- When the yeast/sugar/water is frothy, add three eggs and melted butter.
- Fit the mixer with a dough hook, and turn on low/medium speed to combine all of the wet ingredients. They don't have to be perfectly combined, but the egg yolks should break and the be mostly combined.
- Stop the mixer.
- Add the dry ingredients in the large mixing bowl all at once.
- Turn the mixer on to low speed and let the dough mix for 8-10 minutes.
- After 8-10 minutes time, remove the dough from the bowl and knead by hand on a lightly floured surface for 5 more minutes. The dough may be slightly sticky. This is fine.
- Return the dough back to the bowl, cover with a damp tea towel or plastic wrap, and let rise for an hour in a warm space.
- Punch down the dough.
- Re-cover the dough, and allow to rise another 30 minutes.
- Uncover and remove the dough from the bowl.
- Divide the dough into three equal pieces. You can do it by eye, or with a scale to be more precise.
- Roll each of the three pieces of dough into a "log" about 20-24 inches long.
- Perform a three strand plait, and place the loaf on a baking sheet.
- Mix together the remaining egg and 1T water.
- Brush the loaf, making sure to get into the cracks of the plait, with the egg mixture. Save the remaining egg mixture and brush! We aren't done with them yet!
- Preheat the oven to 375°F
- Cover the loaf loosely with plastic wrap and allow to rise for another half hour while the oven preheats.
- Brush the loaf with the egg mixture again.
- Sprinkle liberally with Everything But The Bagel seasoning.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes.
- Remove loaf from oven, allow to cool for a half hour before removing from the baking sheet and moving to a cooling rack to cool completely.