Description:Join jkidphilly and Challah for Hunger for a Zoom challah bake! We’ll be making challah dough together, and learning how to braid round challah in preparation for Rosh Hashanah, all while connecting with jkidphilly families and HfC across the country! Gather your ingredients ahead of time using Challah for Hunger’s recipe below so you’ll be prepped and ready for dough making. We welcome participants of all ages to this event!

Location: You will receive Zoom info upon registration

Date and Time: Friday, August 28, 2020 from 2:00pm-3:00pm

Cost:  Free

Recommended Ages: All

For more information: contact Robyn Cohen

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Challah Ingredients and Recipe: The following recipe uses INSTANT yeast. If you are using active dry or another kind of yeast, you will need to make modifications (which we will provide easy instructions for during the program). This recipe makes 2 family-size loaves.

Ingredients:

• 6-8 cups flour
• 2 1/2 cups water
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 tablespoon INSTANT yeast
• 1/2 tablespoon salt

1. Mix the sugar, oil, salt and water in a large bowl until everything’s dissolved.
2. Add 3 cups flour and mix. You will not necessarily be able to get rid of all the clumps of flour yet; that’s okay; just keep going.
3. In a separate, small bowl, combine 1 tablespoon INSTANT yeast with one cup of flour. After the yeast has been thoroughly mixed into the cup of flour, add the mixture to the dough.
4. Continue adding flour, between 2 and 4 more cups. As your mixture becomes more solid, add the flour more and more slowly. Add flour until you reach the point when, if you press the dough gently with clean fingers, no dough sticks to your hands.
5. Let the dough rest for 10 minutes. Take a break! Then knead, using the heel of your hand, not your fingers) for 6 minutes. (You may have to add some flour while kneading, but be conservative.)
6. Put the dough back in the bowl, cover with oil and then drape a towel over the bowl, and let it rise for at least one hour (but monitor it to make sure it doesn’t overflow the bowl). You can let the dough rise overnight in the fridge (the rising process slows down in cooler temperatures).
7. Braid and, if desired, egg wash and add salt and sesame/poppy seeds. If you have time, let the loaf rise before you bake it. Bake at 350 until golden-brown (30-45 minutes).

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