Sue Bilich: Mother of Steve, did not know Sylvana , but her talented son Steve did. Steve actually worked as one of Sylvana's actors when she cast people for trial lawyers t read transcripts. Steve is an award-winning writer/director and actor who hails from Austin , Texas. "SueB" is also a talented actress and a creative soul. Namaste..
BREAD MACHINE CHALLAH
Ingredients:
1 cup warm water
½ c white sugar (I use ¼ c sugar and ¼ c honey)
½ c veg. oil ( use 1/3 c applesauce and the remaining amt. oil)
2 ½ tsp. salt (you can use less salt if you like)
2 eggs (room temp)
4 cups bread flour
2 ¼ tsp. bread machine yeast
1 egg, beaten
1 tblsp. Water
@ ½ tsp. honey (egg, water & honey is mixed tog. , and put on top of bread before baking to give crust a luster)
Sprinkle with sesame or poppy seeds
1. Place warm water, sugar, honey, veg. oil, salt, 2 eggs, flour and yeast in the bread machine pan. Select dough cycle (9), press start.
2. After the machine is done, take the dough out, and place it on a very lightly floured board, punch the dough down, and let rest for 5 min.
3. Divide the dough in half. Then divide into 3 equal pieces, roll into ropes about 12 to 14 in., and braid into a loaf. Do the same with the remaining other half. Gently put the loaves on a greased cookie sheet, mist with water, cover loosely with
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plastic wrap, and let rise for 1 to ½ hours in a warm, draft free place, until double in size.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F in a small bowl, beat tog. the other egg mixture.
5. Brush risen loaves with the egg mixture, bake in preheated oven for @ 20 to 25 min. If it begins to brown too soon, cover with foil.
6. ENJOY!
Two of my favorite people in the whole wide world, my mother SueB, and Dan Schneider : ) Thank you both for your contributions to humankind, Sylvana was an amazing character too & a great boss, when I was working as an actor, reading transcipts for lawyers. What a recipe of love and friendship!!! I thank you all : )
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