Cardamom Challah
December 1st, 2010 PrintWe tinkered with our favorite challah dough recipe and came up with a fragrant alternative! Cardamom is an aromatic spice. A member of the ginger family, its the key ingredient in Turkish coffee. Cardamom is the second most expensive spice (the ground version is more reasonable) but a little imparts a lot of flavor.
You can pick up the raw sugar at your local cafe 
. It gives the crust texture and an extra hint of sweetness.
Ingredients:
5-pound challah dough recipe
1 tablespoon ground cardamom
2 teaspoons vanilla extract, plus an extra dash
1-2 packets Demerara raw sugar
Directions:
- When preparing the challah dough, add the cardamom with the dry ingredients and 2 teaspoons vanilla to the wet ingredients.
- proceed to mix the dough following the challah dough recipe. After the shaped challahs have risen, add a dash of vanilla extract to the egg wash. Brush the shaped challahs with the egg wash and lightly sprinkle with the raw sugar.
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