This is the best recipe I've used to make a lovely braided Challah. It's delicious and makes a fantastic French toast a few days later.
1 cup milk
6 TBS butter
1/3 cup sugar
1 pkg yeast
3 eggs
1 tsp salt
4-5 cups flour
1 TBS cold water
1- milk, 4 TBS butter, sugar- heat to boiling, let cool to warm.
2-add yeast, let proof
3- add salt and 2 beaten eggs
4- add flour, 1 cup at a time
5-knead until smooth
6-let rise for 90 minutes.
7-punch down, make 3 long snakes then braid together, tucking and pinching ends underneath
8-let rise another hour
9-brush with beaten egg
10-bake at 350 for 30 minutes or so.
