Rosh Hashanah spiced apple challah crown - The Jewish Chronicle - The Jewish Chronicle

Ingredients

• For the dough
• 400g very strong white bread flour (preferably Canadian wheat)
• 12g fast-action/instant yeast
• 8g kosher salt
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 50g clear honey
• 30g vegetable oil
• 1 large egg, whole plus 1 large egg yolk (reserve the white for later)
• 115-125ml tepid water
• 2-3 tbsp demerara sugar or sesame seeds
• For the apple sauce
• 4 Braeburn apples
• ½ tsp ground ginger
• 50g demerara sugar
• To serve (optional)
• 500g labneh
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• apple slices, dates or figs, pomegranate seeds, clear honey