Bread Machine Challah Recipe (2024)

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My family is really big on challah bread so, I decided to try to make a few loaves using my bread machine. Let me tell you…it made ALL the difference! It was so easy to make, no need to buy challah at the bakery!

Bread Machine Challah Recipe

Challah is a traditional Jewish Sabbath bread that dates back thousands of years. It’s a very soft and slightly sweet loaf of bread. It gets its color and flavor from eggs and honey.

It’s seriously my favorite kind of bread to have at home! It is so soft and fluffy, you’ll want to devour the whole loaf!

Don’t have a bread machine? Follow this recipe to homemade challah bread recipe baked in the oven!

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How To Make Challah In A Bread Machine

Mix all of the ingredients together except for the extra egg. You’ll need to save that for later.

Add the bread dough into the bread machine. Select the “Dough” cycle and press “Start”.

When the bread machine is done with the dough cycle, remove the dough from the machine.

After you have removed the dough from the bread machine, preheat the oven to 375 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Divide the dough into 2 equal parts as this recipe makes 2 whole loaves.

Divide each part into 3 equal parts, shaping each section of the dough into a long snake.

After you have done that to all three sections, braid them into a braid as you would on hair (so you have 2 braided challahs).

Place the braided challahs onto the prepped baking sheet.

Remeber that extra egg? Crack and whisk the egg in a bowl and use a pastry brush to add a layer of the egg wash to the challahs.

Let the challahs rise at room temperature for 30 minutes before baking.

After the 30 minutes are up, place the challahs in the oven and bake for 30 minutes.

Enjoy!

Cooking Tip

• If you have any leftovers after a few days, you can make some delicious sweet french toast in the air fryer or baked in the oven!

Toppings You Can Add To Challah

While I love challah bread just the way it is, I sometimes like to change it up and add a few more ingredients to the dough. Since this recipe makes 2 loaves, I will take one of them and add a couple of chocolate chips over the top as a treat for my family.

They love it!

Here are a couple of other toppings you can add to your challah dough:

• Raisins
• Pistachios
• Kosher salt
• Dried fruit (apricots, cranberries)

What To Serve With Challah Bread

There are so many different ways to serve and eat challah bread. In our household, we like to slice it up and it with a schmear of butter and homemade orange marmalade for breakfast.

For lunch and dinner, I will cut some nice thick slices and top it off with some thinly sliced beef brisket and red cabbage slaw to make the best sandwich!

More Bread Machine Recipes

If you loved this sweet bread machine challah recipe, you will also love some of these other bread machine recipes!

These are some of my family’s favorites:

• Bread Machine Cinnamon Rolls
• Bread Machine Cinnamon Raisin Bread
• Soft Homemade Dinner Bread Rolls In A Bread Machine
• White Sandwich Bread Machine Bread Recipe
• Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe In A Bread Machine