Challah Bread | Los Gatos Foodie

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tablespoon barley malt syrup
• 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 ounce unsalted butter (2 tablespoons), room temperature
• 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 12 1/2 ounces unbleached bread flour (2 1/2 cups)
• 1 tablespoon active dry yeast (just under 2 packets)