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Place yeast in a glass,
add a dash of flour, a dash of sugar and 1 cup lukewarm water
and let rise for 10-15 min.
Using
slow speed and dough hook of a mixer, mix together all ingredients
for ~8 minutes.
Add small quantity of flour or water, if needed.
Place in a clean bowl,
place this bowl in another container with hot water and let
rise for ~1 hour, until double in size.
Punch down and let rise again for ~20 minutes.
Roll out and spread each
section with filling (see below).
If
using ~12x5.5 bread pans (standart American loaf pans): divide
into 9 sections and braid 3 sections together to create 3
loafs.
If using 5 ~12x4 bread pan )standart israeli loaf pans): divide
to 10 sections and braid 2 section together to create 5 loafs.
Mix
yolk with a few drops of water to make an eggwash and brush
over loafs.
Bake at 350F for ~50 min.
For filling (1)
Cocoa, margarine and sugar (2) ground walnuts, sugar and margarine
(3) poppy seeds mixture (4) Date paste |