Not exact matches
Whatever you
do find some because fresh yeast makes the best
challah possible; the scent of fresh yeast
challah replicates a real bakery in your kitchen (even as it rises, never mind as it bakes!)
We
did make
challah once but I quickly forgot about it.
I didn't have any croissants nor
challah which is what the original recipe called for, but I had half a loaf of soft buttery brioche so I used that as the base.
Does challah make a good turkey stuffing?
To be clear, I don't care if the end product is in fact bread - like; I just want something that: — will come out of the silicone mold okay (and look nice enough on the table under a
challah cover)-- the kids will like — butter can be spread on — will have the consistency and hold together enough such that eating with one's hands would be appropriate
Things an edible gift will always
do: warm hearts, fill bellies, fuel holiday travel, get shared, spark conversation, inspire your loved ones to start making their own granola (or hot sauce or
challah or macaroons), and disappear, leaving only happy memories.
I'm pretty sure I ate that kind of bread when I was a kid, but it was storebought and my mom didn't call it «
challah.»
Apparently I'm a good enough Jew to bake
challah, but a bad enough Jew to
do it on the Tuesday after Rosh Hashana.
It sounds like it might have been better to lower the temperature even more to get it to bake through without getting too dark; I
do find that woven round
challahs can be kind of finicky to get the baking times right.
I have
challah dough rising in my refrigerator right now, because I felt like baking some hot for breakfast, and I didn't even know Rosh Hashanah was beginning.
I don't have any strong childhood memories of
challah, but I really enjoyed making it too.
There's a loaf of homemade
Challah ala Reinhart in my fridge right now... except I know I
did something wrong.
I don't even really like
challah all that much but that is such a great - looking loaf of bread that I'm half - considering it!
Thank you for detailing the round braiding technique — I made two batches of
challah for rosh hashanah this year (I used TEN POUNDS of flour in total), but only
did round coils.
First
challah I'd ever made myself, and I'd
do it again.
I didn't know you ate
challah with dinner.
I didn't realize what a big loaf the traditional
challah would make!
What you say about instant yeast needing to rise longer makes sense, I let my
challahs rise for 90 minutes and then another 30 min and then in the fridge for about 2 hours and still while they tasted great, they didn't have the proper bread consistency.
The honey flavor isn't aggressive, mostly because I didn't want the
challah to be overly sweet (we serve it at dinner, not dessert) but you can always increase the level or just serve it with more honey.
We actually don't have an oven in our house, so I've taken to baking bread (
challah included) in a cast iron pan on the barbecue.
The only problem I had was that it didn't rise nearly as much as other
challah recipes I've tried.
I started
doing this little trick when I was earning some extra money braiding
challah at Hillel.
notes: 1) after first rise you can punch down and then braid, and then let rise again for at least 1 hr) 2) the word
challah actually doesn't mean the BREAD — it's a piece you take out of the dough, burn and then bless — in honor of people who can't afford to get a meal... at least that is what I learned growing up!
This
challah is really delicious but doesn't seem to have the same sweet egg sort of flavor I'm used to from store bought.
I am taking
Challah to a class I am in for a presentation (on Jewish families) and I was so nervous that I would screw it up, I decided to
do a trial run this past weekend.
Today, I'm
doing «everything»
challah, topped with sesame seeds, poppy seeds, dried onion and dried minced garlic.
I've never attempted
challah before but this has been on my to -
do list and I was just invited to my boyfriend's parents for Shabbat dinner (big stakes!).
In fact, another batch of dough is
doing its rise in my fridge right now so that I can bring
challah to make french toast with when I go visit my parents this weekend:)
I'm so glad you posted this, I've been thinking about making
challah for a while now and now I don't even have to go looking for a recipe!
I have never found a good store - bought
challah here in the Seattle area and now I don't have to look any further.
I love it down here but you just don't get
challah around here.
I
did all of the mixing and kneading in the mixer, as your fig
challah recipe instructs.
Did I mention how absolutely THE BEST your
challah recipe is?!
The dough was so spongy and wonderful to use!!!! I've never made
challah bread and I was scared it wouldn't work but it
did and it tastes amazing!!!
Do you mean plop a braid on dough that's already in a pan or make a braided
challah and let it rise in the loaf pan so it fills it out?
Nice recipe I have a young friend I see once a year and he was begging for
challah, I
did substitute butter for the oil but otherwise followed the recipe.
In terms of freezers and
challah, though,
do you brush it with the egg wash before freezing, or after defrosting?
After trying out various recipes, I
do have to say that this is the best
challah recipe I've been able to find.
My friends and I just finished baking / eating two beautiful loaves of
challah which took only fifteen minutes to bake and were a little dark on the bottom, but
done all the way through!
I used half bread flour and half all - purpose and made sure to knead the dough a long time to really develop the gluten, and it created the most beautiful, long, pull - apart strands of bread — almost like string cheese — exactly what I'd been looking for last time I made
challah and didn't get.
I always have the feeling with the recipe redux column that they take a good, reasonable recipe and turn it into an avant garde difficult recipe that no one will ever have time for (I also note that while a dairy
challah is delicious and would work with dairy meals even for kosher folks — it
does seem weird to write an article on
challah and never explain why they aren't traditionally dairy).
A question, if someone could help... Like OzarkMom and Sabrina above, my
challah came out nicely
done, tasty, and fluffy but asthetically so - so.
any chance you'll
do a test run of the 2 NYT
challah recipes from this weekend (though I don't think making one loaf from 9 cups of flour is ever a good idea).
I have my standard go - to
challah, but am definitely going to try yours this weekend and try to master braiding (I always just
do 3 strands.)
Question: What
do you put the
challah on to bake?
How
does this relate to
challah bread you may ask?
Don't worry about it; it leads to moist, tender
challah.
The
challah is
done when it sounds hollow when you tap on it.
I'm not sure if this bread would work as a
challah, if you
do try it, please let me know how it goes: — RRB - To see a bread recipe of mine using coconut flour check out my Cranberry Walnut Bread.
I'm able to make a freshly baked
challah for Shabbat without spending the whole day
doing it; a perfect solution for a busy household.