Laminated Challah Recipe | King Arthur Baking

Laminated Challah Recipe | King Arthur Baking

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Laminated challah is like a hybrid of challah and croissants: The egg-rich, honey-sweetened dough is layered with butter for a striated braid with a butter-crisped exterior. Bake it today!

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Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup plus 2 teaspoons (85g) water, lukewarm
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons (32g) honey
  • 2 teaspoons (6g) instant yeast
  • 2 1/2 cups (300g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 large egg, at room temperature
  • 1 large egg yolk, at room temperature; white reserved
  • 3 tablespoons (37g) vegetable oil
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons (7g) table salt
  • 12 tablespoons (170g) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 large egg white, beaten (reserved from above)
  • 1 tablespoon (21g) honey
  • flaky sea salt, for sprinkling

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