Sara Raizel Eggless Water Challah and Garlic Topping

Best Challah EVER!!

In a huge mixing bowl, dissolve 1/2 sugar into 2 cups of boiling water, 3 tablespoons of salt, 1/2 oil, 2 cups of seltzer water

in a separate container, 2 cups of lukewarm water (on the hotter side, 3.5 tablespoons of active yeast, and some sugar to activate it. Stir together and let it bubble and rise for 5 minutes

Back to mixing bowl - slowly stir in some flour (you will use an entire bag...and make a bracha!)
then pour in the yeast mixture. Stir and slowly add flour, until the entire bag is blended.

Knead dough (caution, this dough is a little stickier than the norm)
Let rise for 2 hours
Make a bracha
Braid
Cover with garlic topping (1 head of garlic minced, add oil and parsley flakes)
Bake 350, 25 minutes, switch racks and another 10-14 minutes (or until the bottom is brown)

ENJOY