Vegan challah

Making vegan challah is really easy-there’s no need to make challah with eggs. And, making a circular braided challah to celebrate the new year is always fun. I wonder why I don’t do it more often? I cannot claim any creation of this recipe though, it’s all from this site. Scroll down for this full challah recipe plus my Rosh Hashana recipes including apple galette, mangold patties, black eyed peas stew, apple cake and more.

Vegan Challah

Ingredients
1. 4 cups white flour
2. 2.5 tsp instant yeast
3. 1/3 cup and 2 tbsp sugar
4. 1.5 tsp salt
5. 6 tbsp olive oil
6. 1 cup warm water

Preparation
1. Place all the flour in a large bowl. Put the yeast on one side, the salt and sugar on the other. Then mix together.
2. Add the oil and most of the water. Mixing together and adding more water as needed.
3. Knead the dough for 10 minutes. The dough should be smooth and pull easily from the sides of the bowl. If it’s sticky, sprinkle a bit more flour and knead it into the dough.
4. Lightly oil a large bowl and put the dough it it, covered. I let it sit overnight on the countertop to rise but you can let it rise instead for just a few hours.
5. When you’re ready to bake it, punch it down and then braid the dough as you want. Here’s instructions on how to do a circular braid.
6. Let rise again for another 1-3 hours to double in size.
7. Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.
8. Place dough on parchment paper lined tray. Bake for approximately 20 minutes (mine took 25 minutes).
8. Let cool on rack or enjoy warm.

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B’tayavon v shana tova!

Click here for more of my Rosh Hashana recipes including roasted carrots, apple cake, apple galette and more! And my vegan SOURDOUGH challah recipe is here.