{"id":2319,"date":"2013-04-19T14:50:59","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T19:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=2319"},"modified":"2013-04-19T14:50:59","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T19:50:59","slug":"peanut-butter-bacon-challah-with-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2013\/04\/peanut-butter-bacon-challah-with-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Peanut Butter Bacon Challah |with recipe|"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sometimes something comes into your mind and just takes over it. In these moments you know that fighting is useless, that you are had. That thought owns you.<\/p>\n

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This is what happened one day when I was innocently perusing instagram<\/a>. I saw a picture of something described as something like peanut butter bacon challah. This time, it was the description, and not the picture that set my mind aflight. I knew that I had to make this bread.<\/p>\n

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Now, I’ve made enough bread to know that everything in the recipe has its place. I respect the experimental process, but I wanted a situation that was most likely to result in an edible bread. That day. I wanted this. I had been dragged into baking of passion mode. At this time, I lustfully looked at challah recipes from across the web, identifying the common elements, coming up with a plan.<\/p>\n

In the end, I’m glad that I did. This was one of those kitchen experiments that left me wondering why I don’t bake more, why I don’t experiment more, and why I don’t spend more time in the kitchen. Maybe it’ll send you to the kitchen, too.<\/p>\n

***How to braid a challah loaf.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Peanut Butter Bacon Challah<\/div>\t
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Ingredients<\/div>\t\t\t
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1 package bacon<\/div>\t\t\t\t
1 1\/2 packages active dry yeast (1 1\/2 tablespoons)<\/div>\t\t\t\t
1 tablespoon plus 1\/2 cup sugar<\/div>\t\t\t\t
1\/2 cup bacon grease. If you don't have enough bacon grease, add melted butter to get up to 1\/2 cup.<\/div>\t\t\t\t
5 large eggs<\/div>\t\t\t\t
1 tablespoon table salt<\/div>\t\t\t\t
3\/4 cups PB2<\/div>\t\t\t\t
7 1\/2 to 8 cups all-purpose flour<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t
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Instructions<\/div>\t\t\t
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1. Cook the bacon in a flat pan, placing the bacon so that they are not overlapping, over medium heat. This may mean you cook the bacon in batches. Reserve the bacon grease.<\/div>\t\t\t\t
2. Cool and crumble the bacon. Set aside.<\/div>\t\t\t\t
3. In a large bowl, dissolve yeast and 1 tablespoon sugar in 1 3\/4 cups lukewarm water.<\/div>\t\t\t\t
4. Whisk oil into yeast, then beat in 4 eggs, one at a time, with remaining sugar and salt. Add PB2. Gradually add flour. When dough holds together, it is ready for kneading.<\/div>\t\t\t\t
5. Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead until smooth. Clean out bowl and grease it, then return dough to bowl. Cover with plastic wrap, and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour, until almost doubled in size. Punch down dough, cover and let rise again in a warm place for another half-hour.<\/div>\t\t\t\t
6.Knead crumbled bacon into the challah, before forming the loaves. Take half the dough and form it into 6 balls. With your hands, roll each ball into a strand about 12 inches long and 1 1\/2 inches wide.<\/div>\t\t\t\t
7. Braid the challah loaf. Here's a video.<\/div>\t\t\t\t
8. Place braided loaves on a greased cookie sheet with at least 2 inches in between.<\/div>\t\t\t\t
9. Beat remaining egg and brush it on loaves. Let bread rise one hour.<\/div>\t\t\t\t
10.Preheat oven to 375 degrees and brush loaves again.<\/div>\t\t\t\t
11. Bake in middle of oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until golden. Cool loaves on a rack.<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>
\n Adapted from Smitten Kitchen <\/a> <\/div>
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