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Haymish Homemade Challah

This is an easy recipe that i adapted from a cookbook. I added more sugar, adjusted some of the other ingredients and made a few procedural updates and shrunk the recipe to fit in a 5-quart mixer. This is a recipe that i really love, and i try to have my own homemade challah (almost) every shabbos. Tinker with the recipe yourself; i like very sweet, doughy challah, while you might prefer a more-baked, less-sweet version.

Steps

Put 3 / 4 cups of very warm water in a bowl.
Add 1 / 8 cups of sugar and then the 1.
5 t of dry yeast.
Cover the bowl and set aside for 8-10 minutes to allow the yeast to proof.
In an electric mixer mix the following ingredients: 1 / 2 cup of canola oil , 1 cup of sugar , 1 cup of warm water , 1 / 2 t of salt , and 4 cups of flour.
Mix until a thin mixture forms.
When the yeast mixture bubbles , add it to the other ingredients and mix.
Then , begin to add the remaining 4 cups of flour in 1 / 2-1 cup increments.
Add water in 1 / 4 cup intervals until the dough is smooth and only slightly sticky.
Scrape the sides of the bowl with a greased spatula and make sure that all of the ingredients are mixed inches.
Cover the bowl with a towel and allow the dough to rise for 10 minutes.
If you are going to shape and bake your challahs immediately , cover loosely with plastic wrap and allow it to rise for 1 hour.
If you are going to shape later , place the dough into zip-loc bags line.

Ingredients

all-purpose flour, water, sugar, dry yeast, canola oil, salt