Mardi Gras Challah

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  Step 1

  The ingredients.

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  Step 2

  Melt the butter and milk over medium heat while you’ve got the yeast rising in the warm water with a pinch of sugar.

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  Step 3

  Once it’s melted add the sugar, salt and honey to the butter/milk mixture. Let it cool to about 100 degrees then you can add the yeast mixture into it along with the eggs.

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  Step 4

  Move the mixture into the bowl of a heavy duty mixer and add 5 cups of bread flour and mix on medium speed for 10 minutes, occasionally adding more flour until the dough begins to pull away from the sides and the dough becomes smooth and elastic.

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  Step 5

  Cover it with a tea towel and let it proof for about an hour in a warm place, then punch it down and allow it to proof again for about 45 minutes.

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  Step 6

  Then cut the dough in half. This recipe makes 2 loaves.

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  Step 7

  Cover the half you’re not using to avoid it drying out, then cut the half you are using into three equal parts.

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  Step 8

  Roll each of the pieces out.

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  Step 9

  You’re looking for each piece to be about 16 inches.

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  Step 10

  Align the pieces and braid one half of the loaf.

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  Step 11

  Then turn it around and braid the other half.

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  Step 12

  This is what it should look like when it’s done.

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  Step 13

  I highly recommend using a scale to ensure that all your pieces are roughly the same size.

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  Step 14

  This whole next part is totally optional. I used the dyes to dye the bread the colors of Mardi Gras. You really have to eyeball all of this to get the right about of dye.

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  Step 15

  This is easily the part that takes the most time/work. You REALLY have to knead the dye into the dough to get it all the way through. Also, the purple looks kind of grey until you bake it.

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  Step 16

  Me and the boyfriend actually started out by braiding both ends of the bread at the same time.

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  Step 17

  Then he gave up and I went a braided his side of the loaf as well.

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  Step 18

  Then cover them with cling film and let them rise in their new form for a third time. While they’re rising pre-heat your oven to 375 F.

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  Step 19

  Traditionally challah is made with a glaze, but I couldn’t decide on a recipe for the glaze that I liked, so I just covered them in butter and put them in the oven to cook for 35-40 minutes.

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  Step 20

  And this is what the finished product looks like!

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