Comments on: Wednesday Baking: How to make Challah

By: Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:25:30 +0000

Yep! That will work just fine.

By: Jenny Canter

Jenny Canter — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:48:41 +0000

If I only make half the recipe (1 packet of yeast, etc), can I only make 1 loaf?

By: AnnaRose

AnnaRose — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:29:57 +0000

I just made this…and it is amazing!!! It made two HUGE loafs…not as well braided as yours…but it was my first time…and the taste is what really matters!!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:58:36 +0000

Is there a way to get bread to rise without using yeast? I am new to baking so I am still trying to learn. Thanks. :0)

By: Doogie

Doogie — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:23:40 +0000

I’m pretty excited about making this bread!! I’m not a frugal mom, but I try to be a frugal husband, and I think this will help in that regard! So glad I found this site!!

By: lucy

lucy — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:36:34 +0000

many many thanks for this post! i have used it to make challah for christmas gifts. people have been so gracious about it — they really seem to think it’s special! it makes me feel so much better about christmas. thank you… by the way, i also made mark bittman’s challah recipe (from How to Cook Everything) and we blind taste tested it against yours. Your recipe won!

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By: WilliamB

WilliamB — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:39:05 +0000

Kristen, you mentioned that your house has gotten chilly. Where do you put your bread dough to rise – oven with pilot light or just light on? Oven with pan of hot water?

A friend of mine has a challah recipe I love. Now I’m going to have to make both and compare. Darn. Life is hard sometimes.

@Janknitz – I love your story! Did you know that there’s a group of Jews that mix milk and meat? I *think* they’re in India but I need to check my resources to be sure. They left the Levant a long time ago and so developed traditions very different than the Talmudic ones of Europe. They take the Torah’s prohibition of not seething a kid (baby goat) in it’s mother’s milk very seriously – and literally. They keep close records of goats and lineage so as not to mix a kid and it’s mother’s milk as prescribed by the Torah. As the Torah is silent on all other milk-meat combinations, they are acceptable.

Thus endeth the useless trivia lesson for the day.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:21:04 +0000

Hi there, Longtime lurker here! I’ve tried several of your recipes but wanted to share…I made the Challah this afternoon and then…made french toast {for supper}. It was wonderful and so easy. There really is nothing like kneading bread. It soothes my soul.