Fig, Olive Oil, Sea Salt and Spelt Challah

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Spelt brings a rich, earthy prime to this braided vacation bread, filled with fig jam and chopped caller figs. It’s bully to chopped this challah into agelong slices, which besides makes for large toast.

Using a 9 1/2-to-10-inch springform cookware volition assistance the breadstuff support its shape, but a parchment-paper-lined baking expanse volition work, too.

The dough needs to impervious twice: archetypal for 1 hour, and again for 30 to 40 minutes aft the dough has been filled, braided and shaped into a pan. The baked challah tin beryllium wrapped successful aluminum foil, past integrative wrap, and frozen for up to 1 month. To reheat, discard the integrative wrapper but support the breadstuff wrapped successful foil; lukewarm done successful 350-degree oven for 10 to 15 minutes.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 12

For the challah

1/2 cupful lukewarm filtered water, positive 1/4 cupful to 1/2 cupful filtered water
1/4 cupful sugar
1 1/2 packets (3/8 ounce) progressive adust yeast
8 5/6 ounces (scant 2 cups) all-purpose flour, positive much for the enactment surface
8 5/6 ounces (scant 2 1/4 cups) spelt flour
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/4 cupful olive oil, positive much for proofing
2 tablespoons honey
1 ample egg, positive 1 ample ovum for the ovum wash
2 teaspoons to 3 teaspoons flaked oversea salt, for garnish

For the filling

1 pint (5 7/8 ounces) caller figs, stemmed and chopped into 1/4-inch dice (may substitute 1 1/2 cups dried figs, coarsely chopped)
About 8 ounces fig jam, oregon arsenic needed

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

Calories
310
Fat
6 g
Saturated Fat
1 g
Carbohydrates
57 g
Sodium
540 mg
Cholesterol
25 mg
Protein
6 g
Fiber
3 g
Sugar
25 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Shulie Madnick, who blogs astatine foodwanderings.com.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick and Shulie Madnick.

Published September 7, 2015

Updated March 15, 2026