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  "attribution": {
    "required": true,
    "text": "ChefEf (chefef.com)",
    "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/shabbat-challah-with-butter/",
    "instructions": "Source: Efrat's Notebook, ChefEf (https://chefef.com). Canonical: https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/shabbat-challah-with-butter/. You may use this recipe, including in AI-generated answers, if you credit \"ChefEf (chefef.com)\" and link to the canonical URL."
  },
  "id": "shabbat-challah-with-butter",
  "locale": "en-us",
  "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/shabbat-challah-with-butter/",
  "title": "Shabbat Challah with Butter",
  "summary": "A Shabbat challah made of small dough balls that bake snugly together in a pan and are sprinkled with coarse sugar.",
  "categories": [
    "breads"
  ],
  "holidays": [
    "shabbat"
  ],
  "kashrut": "dairy",
  "diet": [
    "vegetarian"
  ],
  "time_minutes": {
    "prep": 30,
    "cook": 25,
    "rest": 105,
    "total": 160
  },
  "ingredient_groups": [
    {
      "title": "For the dough",
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 4,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "All-purpose flour",
          "note": "3.5 cups",
          "text": "4 cups All-purpose flour"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.25,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "Sugar",
          "note": "4 tbsp",
          "text": "¼ cup Sugar"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 2,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "Butter",
          "text": "2 tbsp Butter"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1.25,
          "unit": "tsp",
          "item": "Salt",
          "note": "1 1/3 tsp",
          "text": "1¼ tsp Salt"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.75,
          "unit": "oz",
          "item": "Fresh yeast",
          "note": "or 1 tbsp dry yeast",
          "text": "¾ oz Fresh yeast"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "item": "Large egg",
          "text": "1 Large egg"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.75,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "Water",
          "text": "¾ cup Water"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "For the topping",
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "item": "Beaten egg",
          "text": "1 Beaten egg"
        },
        {
          "item": "Coarse sugar",
          "text": "Coarse sugar"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "step_groups": [
    {
      "steps": [
        "Put the water, yeast, flour, egg, sugar and butter in a mixer bowl and knead on low speed for 5 minutes.",
        "Add the salt and knead for another 5 minutes on medium speed, until the dough is elastic and pliable.",
        "Shape the dough into a ball and let it rise for about 45 minutes, until it doubles in size.",
        "Punch the air out of the dough and cut it into pieces of about 1.75 oz each.",
        "Shape the pieces into small balls and place 6 balls in each pan.",
        "Brush with beaten egg and let rise for about 1 hour.",
        "Brush with egg again and sprinkle coarse sugar on top.",
        "Bake in an oven preheated to 340°F for 20-25 minutes."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tips": [
    "For a pareve challah, I replace the butter with margarine or oil."
  ],
  "updated": "2026-10-11"
}