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Challah

Name: Challah
Ingredients: 1 kg flour; 2 tablespoons sugar; 2 tablespoons dry yeast; 1 tablespoon salt; 1/2 cup oil; 2 cups lukewarm water; egg and sesame seeds for sprinkling on top

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Ingredients

1 kg flour
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons dry yeast
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 cup oil
2 cups lukewarm water
egg and sesame seeds for sprinkling on top

Preparation

Knead all the ingredients in a mixer and let the dough rise.
Divide the dough into six. Flatten each part and roll it out. Braid each group of three pieces into a braid. Brush lightly with water and let rise.
Brush with egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds (you can use seeds and nigella as well). Bake at 180 degrees. Preferably on turbo.

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Ingredient	Cup	Tablespoon	Teaspoon
Powdered sugar	120 g	8 g	3 g
Chopped nuts	100 g	6 g
Finely ground nuts	85 g
Rice	200 g
Honey	360 g	22 g	7 g
Butter Melted butter	240 g	15 g 14 g
Peanut butter	250 g
Raw tahini	240 g
Salt	250 g	20 g	6 g
Maple syrup	240 g
Liquids Water, orange juice, milk	240 g 240 ml	15 g 15 ml
Nutella	280 g
White sugar	200 g	12 g	4 g
Packed brown sugar	240 g	15 g	5 g
Semolina	200 g	10 g
Can of condensed milk	398 g
Can of coconut milk	400 g
Cookie crumbs	110 g
Dry breadcrumbs	125 g
Chopped dried fruit	150 g
Ground poppy seeds	70 g
Coconut	100 g
Cornstarch	140 g	10 g
White flour	140 g	10 g
Whole wheat flour	125 g	8 g
Cocoa	140 g	10 g
Jam	330 g
Dulce de leche	400 g
Chocolate chips	200 g
Oats	100 g
Oil	200 g
Coconut oil solid melted		14 g 14 g

Oven temperatures Description	Gas mark	Celsius	Fahrenheit
Very low heat		105	220
		120	250
Low heat	1	135	275
	2	150	300
Medium-low	3	160	320
Medium	3	170	340
Medium	4	180	355
	5	190	375
Medium-high	6	200	390
High	7	220	430
	8	230	445
Very high	9	245	475

Yeast
50 g fresh yeast (a "Shimrit" packet / cube) = 2 tablespoons dry
yeast. 1 tablespoon dry yeast = 10 g
To replace dry yeast with fresh yeast, multiply the amount by 3
1 g dry yeast = 3 g fresh yeast

Baking powder / baking soda / vanilla sugar
Packet = 10 g
Tablespoon = 8 g
Teaspoon = 3 g

Gelatin
Gelatin packet = 14 g
Tablespoon of gelatin = 10 g
One gelatin sheet = 4 g
Gelatin packet = 3½ gelatin sheets
To dissolve 1 g of gelatin use 5 g

Eggs
Egg size 1 (L) – 65 g and over
Egg size 2 (M) – 55-60 g
Egg size 3 (S) – 50 g
Egg white – 40 g on average
Egg yolk – 20 g on average

Oil and butter
The oil should weigh 85% of the butter's weight
100 g butter = 85 g oil
200 g butter = 170 g oil
1 cup oil = 200 g
100 ml oil = 90 g

Replacing oil / butter with applesauce
100 g butter = 100 g applesauce
100 ml oil = 100 ml applesauce

Replacing eggs with applesauce
1 egg = 60 g applesauce

US measures
Butter stick = 120 g, ½ cup
8 oz = 1 cup = 240 ml = 16 tablespoons
4 oz = ½ cup = 120 ml = 8 tablespoons.
2 oz = ¼ cup = 60 ml = 4 tablespoons.
1 oz = 2 tablespoons = 30 ml = ⅛ cup.
½ oz = 1 tablespoon = 15 ml = 3 teaspoons.
0.16 oz = 1 teaspoon = 5 ml = ⅓ tablespoon
1 pint = 480 ml = 2 cups.
1 quart = 960 ml = 4 cups.

Self-rising flour
A small package weighs 350 g
1 cup self-rising flour = 1 cup plain flour + 1 teaspoon baking powder
1 kg self-rising flour = 1 kg plain flour + 2 packets of baking powder

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