This month’s daring bakers challenge was to make challah – a bread that I’ve eaten many times but had never made myself. The recipe itself is pretty simple – calling for the standard baking ingredients – flour, yeast, honey etc. The interesting part comes in when you need to shape the bread – which is traditionally braided. There are multiple methods for this but I went with the simplest – separating the dough into three, rolling a snake out of each piece, and then making a three stranded braid. Can’t say I’ve ever braided dough before (and honestly it’s been years since I last braided hair) but the process went through without a hitch. The challah browned nicely in the oven and made for a great loaf. I’ve frozen the leftovers and hope to make french toast with it later this month so stay tuned for that recipe!
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Beautiful challah!
Thanks! I was a little nervous I braided it all wrong, but I think it came out ok!
Lovely challah!! I have never tried it before, and I loved it!! I became a challah fan
And yours came out so well!