It was a beautiful
braided loaf with sweet glaze.
I made one braided round with no raisins, and one
braided loaf with raisins.
Set the cookie sheets in a warm spot, cover
the braided loaves with a damp cloth, and allow to rise for 30 to 40 minutes.
Not exact matches
Place
braided loaves on flat pans lined
with parchment paper, cover
with plastic wrap or a towel and place in a warm spot for 40 - 60 minutes, until the
loaves have approximately doubled in size.
It is completely misshapen (more like a
loaf of regular bread) but that has probably more to do
with my
braiding technique than anything else.
I made this challah (
with the easier
braiding technique) last year for Rosh Hashanah and it looked beautiful and had a great flavor, but the
loaves were a little dense.
So when I got home from work, he had two
loaves of your bread, beautifully
braided and glistening
with egg wash.
No matter how much the bread rises before going into the oven, and no matter how much egg wash I use, no matter how tightly I
braid, the
loaf spreads out and there's spaces between the
braids with no hard crust.
It made two gorgeous
loaves and was easy to follow except for the
braiding instructions which were easily figured out
with a quick Google search.
Straight
loaves of
braided challah are eaten throughout the year — typically on the Sabbath — round challahs, often studded
with raisins, are served for the New Year and the other High Holidays that follow.
I've only ever dabbled in bread before and
braiding was my attempt to impress the family — I cut the recipe in half and the single
loaf turned out amazing, made at 4200ft
with no adjustments.
I made three medium 3 -
braid loaves from this recipe, and one and a half were gone about 20 minutes after I pulled them from the oven, gobbled up
with butter and some blackberry preserves!
A note to Hilary — those
braided loaves you may have seen
with Easter eggs tucked into them are most likely not challah, but a traditional Greek Easter bread, baked
with hard boiled eggs (usually dyed red for symbolism) tucked into the
braids and topped
with sesame seeds.
Once my challah
loaves are
braided, I brush them
with egg wash and cover them loosely
with a clean kitchen towel.
That
loaf of challah that you just couldn't form into a pretty
braid, and which instead resembled a tasty bread blob (check out my struggles
with these guys).
Once my challah
loaves are
braided, I brush them
with egg wash and cover them loosely
with a clean kitchen towel.
7 Cover
braid or crown
loaf with damp clean tea towel; let rise in warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.