1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,319 Hola Chicos, Chicas, ladies and gentlemen. 2 00:00:03,319 --> 00:00:07,320 Welcome back to another episode of Making Things with Alex. 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,060 So I saw that a lot of you made some pancakes the other day from my video. 4 00:00:11,060 --> 00:00:13,380 It warmed my heart, made me feel special. 5 00:00:13,380 --> 00:00:15,519 I thought, why not do another video? 6 00:00:15,519 --> 00:00:16,839 We'll make something different. 7 00:00:16,839 --> 00:00:22,280 So in this episode, we're going to make something very simple, something very interesting. 8 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,440 I'm feeling a bit lazy, so we're going to make it in a bag. 9 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:27,859 What is it? 10 00:00:27,859 --> 00:00:32,359 We're making a bread that I used to eat all the time when I was a kid at my best friend's 11 00:00:32,359 --> 00:00:33,359 house. 12 00:00:33,359 --> 00:00:34,539 It's called challah bread. 13 00:00:34,539 --> 00:00:37,799 So let's get started. 14 00:00:37,799 --> 00:00:39,939 What is the first thing we're going to need? 15 00:00:39,939 --> 00:00:47,679 As I said before, a giant bag, three liters, and it needs to seal on top, which means no 16 00:00:47,679 --> 00:00:48,759 air can escape. 17 00:00:48,759 --> 00:00:51,500 So a bag that seals. 18 00:00:51,500 --> 00:01:00,119 thing we're going to need is some yeast levadura de panaderia okay this is going to help the bread 19 00:01:00,119 --> 00:01:08,329 rise all right so this ingredient super important yeast oh hey next thing we're going to need is 20 00:01:08,329 --> 00:01:16,590 three tablespoons of sugar azucar a tablespoon looks something like this we'll need three of 21 00:01:16,590 --> 00:01:25,790 those. Then we're going to need a half a tablespoon of salt. So half a one of these, some salt. Then 22 00:01:25,790 --> 00:01:37,269 we're going to need 375 grams of all-purpose flour. Harina de trigo, I think. And then finally we're 23 00:01:37,269 --> 00:01:46,329 going to need 78 grams of oil. Got it? Good. Now the fun begins. But before the fun begins, we need 24 00:01:46,329 --> 00:01:54,510 237 grams of warm water, not hot water, not cold water, right in the middle. Now 25 00:01:54,510 --> 00:02:02,790 the fun begins. Let's do this. Now we're going to put all of our ingredients inside this bag. 26 00:02:02,790 --> 00:02:13,460 So let's get started. We'll add the salt. We'll add the sugar. We will add the yeast. 27 00:02:13,460 --> 00:02:25,930 make sure all of it's at the bottom there the most important thing about cooking is being prepared 28 00:02:25,930 --> 00:02:33,129 okay so make sure you have all your ingredients ready and prepared to go so we're going to add 29 00:02:33,129 --> 00:02:44,250 this yeast into the bag the warm water hello uh-oh you're going to start to hear some sounds 30 00:02:44,250 --> 00:02:53,169 sounds pretty cool and we're going to add the oil and finally going to add the flour be careful 31 00:02:53,169 --> 00:03:01,310 with the flour it could get messy if you're not careful okay now seal your bag okay we're going 32 00:03:01,310 --> 00:03:07,750 to take this bag shake it around a bit mix all the ingredients together okay have some fun with 33 00:03:07,750 --> 00:03:13,669 it enjoy it throw it up pop it down don't break the bag though we want our bag to stay together 34 00:03:13,669 --> 00:03:20,389 we don't want any holes because we need the air to build up okay now it's starting to look like dough 35 00:03:20,389 --> 00:03:27,729 if you've ever seen pizza before kind of looks like that so this is what our dough looks like 36 00:03:27,729 --> 00:03:35,830 close up now we're going to put this bag into a big bowl of warm water again we need warm water 37 00:03:35,830 --> 00:03:42,750 not hot not cold in the middle warm we're going to put it here we're going to let it sit for 30 38 00:03:42,750 --> 00:03:50,550 minutes so I'll see you in 30 minutes oh hey so while we're waiting for the dough 39 00:03:50,550 --> 00:03:57,449 to rise we can prepare 59 grams of all-purpose flour we're going to add 40 00:03:57,449 --> 00:04:04,509 this to the bag in 30 minutes okay so we've waited 30 minutes take it out of 41 00:04:04,509 --> 00:04:12,090 the water move the water open the bag let out the air give it a smell smells 42 00:04:12,090 --> 00:04:16,769 like dough. We're going to add the flour that we prepared 30 minutes ago. We're going to put it 43 00:04:16,769 --> 00:04:27,910 into the bag. We're going to seal the bag and we're going to mix it up again. We're adding 44 00:04:27,910 --> 00:04:35,069 the flour now so that the dough does not stick to the bag. Sticking is when it attaches itself 45 00:04:35,069 --> 00:04:40,269 to the plastic. It'll be very difficult to remove the dough from the bag. So we're adding the flour 46 00:04:40,269 --> 00:04:46,189 now. Have fun with it, like I said before. Put it on your head. Uh-oh, be careful though. Don't make 47 00:04:46,189 --> 00:04:51,649 a mess, all right? If you've got a little brother or a little sister, maybe you can pass it to them, 48 00:04:51,829 --> 00:04:57,730 but take advantage. If you've got family members that are enjoying this process with you, 49 00:04:58,509 --> 00:05:04,129 because pretty soon you're going to have some beautiful challah bread to share with your family. 50 00:05:04,129 --> 00:05:12,930 we're going to let this sit for one hour so i'll see you in one hour ciao ciao okay so we've waited 51 00:05:12,930 --> 00:05:18,470 about an hour a little bit longer than an hour for the dough to rise completely now we're going 52 00:05:18,470 --> 00:05:25,430 to take the dough out of the bag okay a good idea is to take some flour sprinkle it across your 53 00:05:25,430 --> 00:05:36,250 board just in case so that the dough doesn't stick too much to the board. Okay 54 00:05:36,250 --> 00:05:39,910 let's take this out. 55 00:05:40,389 --> 00:05:49,699 Get ourselves a nice ball. We're gonna break this into three pieces, okay? Three 56 00:05:49,699 --> 00:06:00,160 equal pieces. We're gonna make three strands. What are strands? Strands are 57 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,439 like ropes, little tiny ropes. You'll see what I mean in just a moment. 58 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:12,980 All right, so we created three strands of dough. Now what are we going to do with them? We're going 59 00:06:12,980 --> 00:06:17,879 to braid them. So maybe some of you have braided each other's hair before. Right now my hair is 60 00:06:17,879 --> 00:06:23,519 kind of short, so you can't braid my hair. Sadly, I know, I wish I could braid my hair. But instead, 61 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:27,459 I'm going to braid some dough. So check this out. What we're going to do is connect them 62 00:06:27,459 --> 00:06:36,579 at the top like this, okay? And then you fold it over like so. 63 00:06:48,800 --> 00:07:07,870 Our challah bread. So we're going to take this and transfer it to a baking sheet with non-stick 64 00:07:07,870 --> 00:07:15,910 paper. All right, I'll see you in a couple moments. So we've transferred our dough to the baking sheet 65 00:07:15,910 --> 00:07:21,709 just like this. We had a little extra, so what we're going to do is make a nice bun. You can 66 00:07:21,709 --> 00:07:26,370 make a hamburger, put it in between this bread. So we'll plop that right next to it, just like that. 67 00:07:26,790 --> 00:07:32,370 We're going to let this sit for 15 minutes to let it rise just a little bit more. In the meantime, 68 00:07:32,370 --> 00:07:41,129 we set our oven to 150 degrees Celsius for 40 minutes. In the meantime, we're 69 00:07:41,129 --> 00:07:46,930 going to make an egg wash. What is an egg wash? Egg wash is egg with a little bit 70 00:07:46,930 --> 00:07:53,910 of liquid. Today we're going to use just a little bit of water, okay? Tiny bit. And 71 00:07:53,910 --> 00:07:58,110 then you're gonna take a fork and you're gonna mix this bad boy together just 72 00:07:58,110 --> 00:08:02,110 like that. What are we going to use this for? Well, we're gonna take this 73 00:08:02,110 --> 00:08:08,949 mixture this egg wash we're going to brush it on top of the bread it's gonna 74 00:08:08,949 --> 00:08:13,629 give it a nice crispy golden color alright so I'll check back in with you 75 00:08:13,629 --> 00:08:19,810 in a couple minutes okay so we've waited 15 minutes now it's time to take our 76 00:08:19,810 --> 00:08:26,889 egg wash and brush it on top so at home you maybe have a brush but you don't 77 00:08:26,889 --> 00:08:33,029 need a brush you can always use a spoon and sort of wipe it across but I'm 78 00:08:33,029 --> 00:08:41,250 gonna use my brush so you take that and you just stroke it on top just like so 79 00:08:41,250 --> 00:08:48,250 nice and carefully with love con amor you know what I mean okay now at this 80 00:08:48,250 --> 00:08:55,889 stage you can add things on top I'm going to add sesame seeds sesamo or you 81 00:08:55,889 --> 00:09:00,149 could add salt, pepper, whatever you like. I like the flavor of sesame seeds, so I'm 82 00:09:00,149 --> 00:09:04,129 going to put some into my hand. Make sure you've washed your hands for 20 seconds 83 00:09:04,129 --> 00:09:11,129 at least before you put anything in them. And I'm just gonna sprinkle it on top. 84 00:09:15,970 --> 00:09:24,570 All right, we take this, we put it in our oven, which we preheated to 150 degrees 85 00:09:24,570 --> 00:09:31,210 Celsius and we're going to check on this in 40 minutes, okay? When the top of it starts to get 86 00:09:31,210 --> 00:09:40,850 golden, that's when it's ready, okay? Okay, so it's been 40 minutes. The kitchen is starting 87 00:09:40,850 --> 00:09:47,110 to smell like a bakery. It's really sweet. I'm super excited, but don't get too excited. When 88 00:09:47,110 --> 00:09:51,929 you open the oven, there's going to be a lot of hot air coming out, so let that pass through 89 00:09:51,929 --> 00:09:54,389 before you reach for the bread. 90 00:09:54,389 --> 00:09:59,190 Okay, I am so excited for this. 91 00:09:59,190 --> 00:10:02,370 Oh, beautiful, beautiful. 92 00:10:02,370 --> 00:10:03,269 Here, take a look. 93 00:10:04,669 --> 00:10:06,769 You've got that braid, that beautiful design 94 00:10:06,769 --> 00:10:10,509 that we made together, and it's nice and gold on top. 95 00:10:10,509 --> 00:10:12,909 I'm gonna set this down for just a couple minutes, 96 00:10:12,909 --> 00:10:14,590 let it cool down. 97 00:10:14,590 --> 00:10:17,110 I know it's difficult, you wanna eat it right away, 98 00:10:17,110 --> 00:10:20,730 but let it sit, let it cool, let the bread rest, 99 00:10:20,730 --> 00:10:23,389 And then in a few moments, we'll dig in. 100 00:10:23,389 --> 00:10:24,230 Cool. 101 00:10:24,230 --> 00:10:26,970 So we've let our bread rest for a little bit. 102 00:10:26,970 --> 00:10:28,450 It's cooled off. 103 00:10:28,450 --> 00:10:29,690 Now it's time to enjoy it. 104 00:10:29,690 --> 00:10:34,690 We spent all day preparing and watching this thing grow. 105 00:10:34,950 --> 00:10:36,389 It's almost like a little child. 106 00:10:36,389 --> 00:10:38,450 You've watched it from when it was a baby. 107 00:10:38,450 --> 00:10:41,309 Now it's an adult and now you have to eat your child. 108 00:10:41,309 --> 00:10:43,970 It's a bit strange, but this is the world we live in. 109 00:10:43,970 --> 00:10:47,149 So we're gonna take our cutting knife. 110 00:10:47,149 --> 00:10:48,690 Be very careful with it, okay? 111 00:10:48,690 --> 00:10:50,870 Don't just grab it like I did, all right? 112 00:10:50,870 --> 00:10:52,669 And we'll just make a slice through. 113 00:10:54,490 --> 00:10:55,950 Ah, look at the inside. 114 00:10:55,950 --> 00:10:58,090 Nice and layered and beautiful. 115 00:10:58,090 --> 00:11:00,450 You can see the steam coming out. 116 00:11:00,450 --> 00:11:02,389 Ah, gorgeous. 117 00:11:02,389 --> 00:11:03,230 Gorgeous. 118 00:11:04,210 --> 00:11:05,309 I'm gonna take a bite. 119 00:11:10,309 --> 00:11:11,250 We did it again. 120 00:11:12,250 --> 00:11:14,950 This is an activity you can do all day long 121 00:11:14,950 --> 00:11:18,210 with your mother or father, brother or sister, 122 00:11:18,210 --> 00:11:20,149 whomever you like to do it with. 123 00:11:20,149 --> 00:11:23,710 It's a good time to prepare the bread, put it in the oven, 124 00:11:23,710 --> 00:11:25,850 do some homework, play some video games, 125 00:11:25,850 --> 00:11:27,889 read a book, listen to music. 126 00:11:27,889 --> 00:11:30,669 You have all the time in the world to just relax, 127 00:11:30,669 --> 00:11:33,529 make some bread, you can use it later for dinner. 128 00:11:33,529 --> 00:11:34,649 It's perfect. 129 00:11:34,649 --> 00:11:35,769 I hope you enjoyed the video 130 00:11:35,769 --> 00:11:37,470 and I can't wait to see you soon.