Peter Reinhart's Challah Dough Recipe | Community Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

• 2¼ cups lukewarm water
• 1½ teaspoons yeast
• 10 egg yolks (between 8 and 10 depending on weight)
• 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 6 tablespoons sugar (or half a tablespoon of honey or agave nectar)
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract (optional)
• 7½ cups unbleached bread flour
• 2½ tablespoons salt (or 4 teaspoons of coarse kosher salt)
• 1 egg white (or a whole egg - for egg wash)
• 2 tablespoons water (for egg wash)
• 2 tablespoons poppy seeds (or sesame seeds or a combination, for garnish - optional)
• cinnamon sugar
• 1 ounce superfine sugar
• 3 ounces brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon