After no power for four days, I decided to celebrate the return of electricity by baking a celebration bread - Challah from the King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion. I have tried it before and it is always tasty. I followed the recipe except it rose for about an hour and 30 minutes for second rising rather than 45 minutes as the book recommended. I also used sesame seeds rather than poppy seeds since we had them laying around.
For the ingredients, I used King Arthur's unbleached all purpose flour, regular table salt and white sugar as well as canola oil.
The first rising was slow and didn't seem to double in size, but as one can see from the picture, the bread did rise enough to make a good sized loaf. I used four braids of dough to make the loaf. My daughter did the first few weaves and then I finished the loaf.
Taste - the crust is dark and crispy and the loaf is moist. My daughter claims she needs a bigger piece to get the full effect of the bread. She said it is cake like but not too heavy. It is moist and fluffy. I recommend it. Especially after losing power for a few days.
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