CHALLAH (courtesy of Mom Pfaff, with slight editing by me)

1. Mix 1.25 cups warm water, ¾ cup sugar, and 2 packets yeast.  
	Let foam and then wait until bubbles
2. In separate bowl, mix 3 large eggs and ¼ cup vegetable oil
3.  Take 4th egg and separate yolk and white 
	(pass yolk back and forth between 2 halves of shell, allowing white to fall into a bowl)
4. Add white to eggs and oil (save yolk for later)
5. Beat eggs and oil, then add to yeast mixture
6. Add 2 cups flour
7. Add 1 cup golden raisins
8. Add 2-4 more cups flour until not moist, holds shape
9. Kneed it on flour-coated surface until pretty smooth
10. Cover it with towel and let rise until doubles, then punch down (releasing air)
11. Divide into 2 parts, then each part into 3 parts, pull on each part until they become “strands” and braid them
12. Place on sprayed cookie sheet
13. Cover again with towel and let rise again (~30mins this time)
14. Brush saved egg yolk onto braids and add colored sprinkles
15. Bake at 350 degrees for ~30mins