The Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge: No 6. Challah
Each week I will be making a bread recipe from Peter Reinhart’s wonderful book, The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread. The sixth recipe in the Bread Baker's Apprentice Challenge was Challah.
Challah is a loaf of yeast-leavened egg bread that is traditionally eaten by Jews on the Sabbath, holidays, and other ceremonial occasions.
This bread is beautiful, impressive and easy to make. Compared to the other breads this one came together quickly. I also found this dough to be the most fun to play with. The kneading was effortless and I loved the feel of the dough in my hands as I worked it.
For me, the hardest part of making this bread was the braiding. I tried several times to do the six strand method but I wasn't able to follow the directions in the book. It just didn't work for me. So, I settled with making a couple of three strand loafs instead.
Once in the oven, they didn't take long to fill my kitchen with the heady scent of fresh bread. The egg wash gave them a lovely golden colour. They turned out perfect. I served this bread with some of the red currant jam that I had leftover from the weekend's Daring Baker's challenge.
This morning, my friend sent me this link on how to do a six braid bread. Um, great timing. :) I'll be making this bread again and as God is my witness, I'll master the six braid loaf! Enjoy!
How To Braid a Six-Strand Challah Bread Loaf:
Braid a Six-Strand Challah Bread Loaf -- powered by eHow.com
Be sure to check out what the other challenge participants have done.
Next bread: Ciabatta!
Each week I will be making a bread recipe from Peter Reinhart’s wonderful book, The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread. The sixth recipe in the Bread Baker's Apprentice Challenge was Challah.
Challah is a loaf of yeast-leavened egg bread that is traditionally eaten by Jews on the Sabbath, holidays, and other ceremonial occasions.
This bread is beautiful, impressive and easy to make. Compared to the other breads this one came together quickly. I also found this dough to be the most fun to play with. The kneading was effortless and I loved the feel of the dough in my hands as I worked it.For me, the hardest part of making this bread was the braiding. I tried several times to do the six strand method but I wasn't able to follow the directions in the book. It just didn't work for me. So, I settled with making a couple of three strand loafs instead.
Once in the oven, they didn't take long to fill my kitchen with the heady scent of fresh bread. The egg wash gave them a lovely golden colour. They turned out perfect. I served this bread with some of the red currant jam that I had leftover from the weekend's Daring Baker's challenge.
This morning, my friend sent me this link on how to do a six braid bread. Um, great timing. :) I'll be making this bread again and as God is my witness, I'll master the six braid loaf! Enjoy!
How To Braid a Six-Strand Challah Bread Loaf:
Braid a Six-Strand Challah Bread Loaf -- powered by eHow.com
Be sure to check out what the other challenge participants have done.
Next bread: Ciabatta!
What a beautiful challah! That is one of my favorite breads...
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Rosa
Challah looks tremendous!
ReplyDeleteYou have done a great job...evenly browned..I wished I could bake a nice one like yours ! :))
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the video link on how to braid a six-strand Challah Bread :)
that challah looks marvelous!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Love the golden shiny crust, just perfect.
ReplyDeleteYour challah looks perfectly braided and colored so evenly. Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteYour challah is amazing! I love it. Want to bake a loaf for me? Ha!
ReplyDeleteWow! Yours turned out so much prettier than mine :) Great braiding!
ReplyDeleteThat 6-strand braid does look confusing.
ReplyDeleteYours still looks great and I'll bet it tasted even better.
Beautiful! Wish I had a big slice of that right now. :) I loved this one, too. The dough is fantastic and it tastes SO good. Thanks for the vid link - I'd like to try the 6 strand one myself.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking challah! Maybe I will try a six strand one day.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous challah!
ReplyDeleteI am with you - not much of a braider, but I really want to try the 6 strand one day.
Great looking challah, love the texture and the sweetness of it. Like the way you braided.
ReplyDeleteeasy to make? maybe I will try it.
ReplyDeletebaking challah is my favorite!!! yours is so pretty.
ReplyDeleteLooks very professional. Challah makes the *best* French toast.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the video. I've never done the 6-braid method.
I am envious, Challah is one of those recipes that I want to make but haven't yet. Yours is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful - great job!! I need to try baking bread again!
ReplyDeleteWhat is your trick to getting the braids to stay tight while baking? My fist loaf looks ok, but spaces opened up between the braids, so the top is rather uneven. Thanks for your advice!
ReplyDeleteChallah is soooooo good with Nutella slathered between two slices, buttered and grilled:)
ReplyDeleteYour bread is BEAUTIFUL!
Your challah looks great! So delicate and good looking!
ReplyDeleteThe coloring on your challah looks beautiful! And thank you so much for the video of the six-strand braiding technique, it makes it so much more approachable.
ReplyDelete-Jen