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Woven Challah Buns

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  • Author: Trish Corlew

Ingredients

  • Plain flour – 220 grams (more for flouring)
  • Sugar – 3 tsp
  • Salt – for taste
  • Yeast – 1 tsp
  • Egg – 1
  • Liquid milk – half cup
  • Melted butter – 2 tbsp

Instructions

  1. Pour half cup of lukewarm milk (liquid); add 1 tsp of yeast and 1 tsp of sugar to the milk. Mix them nicely, making sure not to leave any clumps of yeast. Leave it aside for about 15 minutes.
  2. In a bowl sift 220 grams of plain flour, salt (for taste) and 2 tsp of sugar. Mix all the dry ingredients nicely.
  3. Beat an egg in small bowl and add half of it to the yeast mixture. Also, add 2 tsp of melted butter to the yeast mixture. Stir thoroughly to mix them.
  4. Add the yeast mixture (wet ingredients) to the dry ingredients. Mix all the ingredients together. Add more flour if required while smoothening the mixture
  5. Once the mixture is not too sticky, use your hands to knead the dough for about 10 minutes. After the dough is smooth and soft enough, cover the dough (in a bowl) with a plastic wrap or kitchen towel for at least 2 hours or until it doubles. Make sure to leave the dough in warm temperature.
  6. Once the dough is doubled in size, take it out of the bowl and knead it again for 2 or 3 minutes.
  7. Form a smooth ball shape with the dough and place it on a plain surface. Make sure to sprinkle some flour on the surface before placing the dough.
  8. Deflate the dough into pieces (we will need 4 even parts to make the woven bun pattern).
  9. Shape the dough pieces to smooth balls and then roll each dough ball into a rope. Prepare 4 dough ropes for each woven challah bun.
  10. Place any 2 dough ropes side by side (parallel). Don’t keep more than 1 cm gap between the dough ropes.
  11. Take the 3rd dough rope and weave it over and under the parallel dough ropes. Try to weave the 3rd one on the middle.
  12. Take the 4th dough rope and weave it next to the 3rd one, but this time weave it over and under vice versa.
  13. Step 13:
  14. Weave the outer parts of the dough ropes over and under one another.
  15. Take the woven bun on the palm of your hand very carefully.
  16. Tuck the open ends of the woven bun under.
  17. The woven challah bun is ready for baking!
  18. Egg wash: Take the half cup of beaten egg (saved previously) and add 1 tsp of melted butter to it. Mix them really well and then brush the mixture over the buns and sprinkle some sugar on top of them.
  19. Preheat the oven to 200 C for 10 minutes.
  20. Bake the buns for 10 minutes to 200 C or until golden brown.

Find it online: https://lovetheserecipes.com/woven-challah-buns/