Challah With Seasonal Herbs — Jewish Food Society

Ingredients

• 8 cups bread flour
• 1 ½ ounces (3 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons) fresh yeast or 1 tablespoon plus 1 ¾ teaspoons active dry yeast
• 2 cups water
• 2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons cane sugar or granulated sugar
• 1 whole egg
• 1 egg yolk
• ⅔ + cup + 1 teaspoon sunflower oil
• 1 tablespoon + 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon water
• Herbs, vegetables or flowers like dill, fennel fronds and flowers, spring garlic, chive blossoms, lavender flowers, rose petals, etc.