Shlissel Challah with Challah Mom

Whether you bake challah weekly or once a year, this is the one challah you won’t want to miss.
Today Naomi is joined by Anat Ishai from Israel, challah mom and dancing queen, for a very special shlissel challah tutorial! We’re using Anat’s favorite challah recipe – which has been downloaded over 50,000 times — and the process is as beautiful as the result. Let’s create this masterpiece!

Get the recipe:

Shlissel Challah
2 cups warm water
1 and 1/2 tablespoons active dry yeast
2 eggs plus more for egg wash
1 tablespoon Gefen Salt
1 cup sugar + 1 teaspoon for proofing
1/2 cup Gefen Olive Oil
8 to 9 cups all-purpose flour, such as Glicks

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Shlissel Challah

Recipe Description:

Making challah is a metaphor for life. Life feels like the culmination of what we appear to be random things. We are charged with making something…

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8 Comments

Anonymous •

Great technique! Just made it!

Anonymous Lakewood •

Can u do a tour of the www.kosher.com office/kitchen?

FamilyScheinberg •
Reply to Anonymous Lakewood

did ent esty do it in 100th episode

Karen •

beautiful! Just a comment- when you mention using honey instead of eggs- vegans do not use honey either.

Devora •

loved it!!
Just braided my challa in the key shape! so much fun! Thank you!

Devorah Biener •

So beautiful and inspiring!! I loved what Anat shared about making challah! Thank you!