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100-Calorie No-Fail Whole-Wheat Challah is for Dinner.

100-Calorie No-Fail Whole-Wheat Challah takes 30 minutes to prepare.

100-Calorie No-Fail Whole-Wheat Challah takes 300 minutes to cook.

100-Calorie No-Fail Whole-Wheat Challah makes 24 servings.

The ingredients for 100-Calorie No-Fail Whole-Wheat Challah are:

2 tsp instant yeast
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup warm water
3 large eggs, plus 1 for glazing
1 tsp table salt
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup honey
1 1/4 cups white flour
2 cups whole wheat flour
Sesame or poppy seeds

Here is how you make 100-Calorie No-Fail Whole-Wheat Challah:

1. In a large bowl, whisk yeast, 1/4 cup white flour, and warm water. Let it stand uncovered 10-20 minutes, until begins to puff up slightly. (A good rule of thumb is to wait until bubbles burst on the surface.)2. Whisk 3 eggs, salt, oil and honey into the yeast mixture. With wooden spoon, stir in remaining 1 1/4 cups of the white flour and 2 cups of the whole wheat flour. (Add all the flour at once.) When you can't mix with spoon any more, knead by hand in the bowl for no more than 5 minutes. Should be very firm dough. 3. In same bowl, let rise for 2 hours (or refrigerate for up to 24 hours, then let rise). Rise until doubled in bulk (approx. 2 hours in warm kitchen). Tip: you can speed up the process by microwaving hot water for five minutes, then placing the bowl of dough in the warm, moist microwave!3. If you want individual challahs, separate into 24 pieces. (I divide into thirds, then divide each third into half, then divide each sixth into half, then divide each twelfth into half. Alternately, I weigh all the dough and divide by 24 to figure out how big each piece should be-- about 35 grams, or a rounded tablespoon.) Shape each piece into a snake and loosely knot each snake, pressing the two loose ends together. You could also separate into three loaves, braid each one, and cut into 8 pieces each when you serve. Let rise on a parchment-paper lined cookie sheet or in individual oiled muffin tins until doubled in size, another two hours. Baking: brush the loaves with egg wash from final egg-- you'll only need half the egg. Sprinkle with sesame seeds or poppy seeds-- sesame shows up better against whole wheat loaves. Bake for about 20 minutes, until lightly browned. Each of the 24 loaves is one serving. Uneaten loaves can be frozen in a sealed bag for up to three months. Note: I adapted this from a recipe from Maggie Glezer's A Blessing of Bread, reprinted here: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/My-Challah-235867 I tweaked the preparation method, reduced the sodium, replaced most of the white flour with whole wheat, and figured out how to portion this challah so that it's just 100 calories each personal portion. ALSO-- next time I make this recipe, I'm going to cut the oil and honey down to 2 Tablespoons each and add 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce. If you try this before I do, let me know how it was, and I'll change the recipe! This adaptation would be 92 calories per individual challah.

The nutritional information for 100-Calorie No-Fail Whole-Wheat Challah is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 24
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 104.9

• Total Fat: 3.3 g
• Cholesterol: 27.1 mg
• Sodium: 107.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 16.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.5 g
• Protein: 3.1 g