Cooking: Challah Baking
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Simple Round Braided Challahs For Rosh HaShana
Re-posting this the night before Rosh HaShana, as this is what I’ll be doing tomorrow! Such a great braid to know and so simple. In fact, once you master it you may even have to go into the catering business and look for some commercial catering equipment, yes these challahs are that good! Here is…
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Giant 6 Strand Challah That Uses 1 Kilo Of Flour Per Loaf
Giant challahs, often used for banquet style meals on shabbat or for a festive occasion are something one can truly bake at home. Okay, maybe not the most giant ones, but something large enough to do the job! This past shabbos was the pre-wedding celebration for one of my sons, and we hosted a crowd…
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Key Shaped Schlissel Challah From Twelve Rolls!
I’m so happy to share with you that I have completed my key shaped challah baking (an ashkenazic Jewish custom called in yiddish schlissel challah) a full day ahead of time which means there is time to share it with you! Of course that is only because I’m in Israel and Thursday, today, was Isru…
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A Giant Key Shaped Challah!
Didn’t bake the traditional key shaped challah yet? Not to worry, you can do it this week as well! I’m so happy to share with you my first ever giant schlissel challah, the key shaped challah that we traditionally bake the very first shabbos after Passover. Yes of course, I do make key shaped challah…
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Simple Flowers And Leaves Decorated Challah
I am rushing to post this as there is still cooking to be done for the holiday of Shavuot, which we are welcoming tonight! Round braided challahs decorated with simple flowers and leaves really do make your holiday table special, so if you have a few extra minutes, give it a try, even for just…
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Flower Covered Challah For Shavuot!
We are welcoming the beautiful Jewish holiday of Shavuot tonight, and I decided last night that it was time to make some decorated challahs to embrace the holiday, in which we bring flowers and greenery into our homes to remember the lush surroundings on Mt. Sinai. Yes indeed, I did take note of the relative…
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Special Grape Leaf Challahs For Tu B’Shevat
Wednesday night is the perfect time to bake delicious homemade challah, and with the special shabbat of Tu B’Shevat coming up this week, how about making your challahs just a little bit special? Well, of course all challah is special, but when you spend a few minutes to add a bit of extra something, well…
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Easy To Braid Round Challahs For Rosh HaShana!
With Rosh HaShana just a week away, now is a great time to bake traditional round braided challahs for the holiday, with raisins of course! Thanks to some readers who left comments on my post showing how to braid these beauties, I realized that I ought to share some photos I took last year just…
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How To Braid A Round Challah For Rosh HaShana
Here it is dear readers at long last, a tutorial on how to braid gorgeous round challah loaves, just in time for Rosh HaShana! We have the custom to eat round loaves on Rosh HaShana to symbolize the continuity of life, and on Rosh HaShana we dip the challah in honey (rather than salt) to…