Easy Bread Recipe - Challah in a Bag

nolaegghead

Watch the video.

"Foolproof".

I'm going to make some tonight.  We'll see....we'll see.... (I'm a fool, get it?)

http://www.yourjstory.com/jewlish/challah-in-a-bag/

nolaegghead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjmILw86U34

nolaegghead

Have two batches going.  One with some sour dough starter and the other as written in the recipe.

I have them in the sous vide bath at 108F.  This goes on for 30 minutes.

shtgunal3

Looks interesting . You gonna bake in the oven or egg?

nolaegghead

@shtgunal3 - guess I have to do it on the egg since I'm posting here

feef706

Awesome, too easy, you going to post pics? Would love to see the finished product. How does the sous vide come into play? Does it have to be that warm?

nolaegghead

@feef706 There's a step where you put the bag in warm water for 30 minutes.  I happen to have a sous vide bath on the counter so it was convenient.  Not that I expect it to come out better....

feef706

Ok, I went back an re watched it, I see the 30 mins portion, guess that would be more convenient.

Never made bread before but that doesn't look terribly hard

HeavyG

feef706 said:

Ok, I went back an re watched it, I see the 30 mins portion, guess that would be more convenient.

Never made bread before but that doesn't look terribly hard

Jim Lahey's No Knead recipe/technique is even easier.

No braiding!

Tjcoley

Can't wait to see the result.  @nolaegghead what water temp did you put it in?  I may have to try this one this weekend.

NPHuskerFL

It won't come out right if you don't wear a Yamaka Carey

nolaegghead

@Tjcoley I just arbitrarily picked 108F.  Didn't want to kill the yeast.

nolaegghead

I'm going to cook these up in about 1.5 hours from now.

nolaegghead

I have these in the oven.   We got some company and we're all hanging out in the kitchen, so I'm terribly sorry it is not being done in the egg. 

Pictures will follow.

feef706

nolaegghead said:

I have these in the oven.   We got some company and we're all hanging out in the kitchen, so I'm terribly sorry it is not being done in the egg. 

Pictures will follow.

We'll let it pass this time, next time we expect a fully write up on how to egg bread

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feef706

nolaegghead said:

Didn't know there was that kind of sous vide, thought they were all the clip on style...

DaveRichardson

Just saw that video on Bookface a few days ago. Thawing some frozen dough right now. 

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DMW

Nice @nolaegghead - I've yet to try challah, might need to give this a try, looks too easy.

nolaegghead

Conclusion:  Both the unadulterated recipe and my sour dough were delicious.  I had two people taste them and they both agreed (as I did) the sour dough was better (as you would expect). 

I'm going to hang on to this recipe.  It's easy, the bread is delicious and it's purdy to look at.

kl8ton

nolaegghead said:

Like a boss!

nolaegghead

@DMW Dwayne, it's basically a loaf of dinner roll.  Very tender, little sweet, rich and 100% flarkin' delicious.   I did an egg wash and put some bagel topping on it.  Eat with your eyes and all that.

SkinnyV

Good cook right there well done sir.

Tjcoley

Dang those look great. Nicely done. Thanks for adding another new technique to the arsenal. 

johnmitchell

Interesting post and even better looking results. Great looking breads.