In an effort to further utilize my favorite cooking small appliance (my breadmaker), tonight I found a recipe for challah in a betty crocker bread maker cookbook. I’ve been in the habit of using the BM to make whole wheat bread for our lunch sandwiches, and the occasional pan of whole wheat cinnamon rolls. One of the bakery’s in town sells the best whole wheat flour, I use so much of it I have to constantly restock (maybe I should get a bigger flour container).

Tonight, with no wheat flour (just ran out making yeast rolls this weekend to go with another bean soup), I took a chance using store bought white bread flour.

Maybe the BM is cheating, but it’s saved us a lot of money and (me) time, and generally turns out tasty and healthy bread, what more could someone ask for??

Bread Maker Challah

3/4 C + 1 TBS water
1 egg
2 TBS butter (melted/softened)
3 + 1/4 C flour
2 TBS sugar
1 + 1/2 tsp salt
1 + 1/2 tsp yeast

place all ingredients in BM and run the dough cycle (takes about an hour and a half for mine)

after the dough has completed, remove from BM and split into three parts.  Roll each into a long snake (like play-dough).  After then are all uniform length, twist them together into a braid.  Brush with a mixture of 2 TBS cold water and one egg yolk

Bake for about 25 minutes at 375 F.