More baking - it's Challah day!

[jae_]

Just wanted to share my first Challah. It was for my baking class. I had to do a baking project where I would write a 1 page paper and thenbake whatever it was I based it on. I chose 'lean yeast doughs'. I had to do two of them and have one successful and the other fail. That's why the little one at the top right is kinda funny looking. It

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[blacksheep_lj]

Those are lovely! What did you do to induce failure?

[blacksheep_lj]

Errr.....did you just not let it rise? *rereads post*

[jae_]

hehe Actually, I added a little extra salt which inhibits the yeast, then omitted the egg wash. An egg wash will help crust development, assist in browning, gives the final product a nice shine, and helps the poppy seeds to adhere. :)

[albumdemicabeza]

Gorgeous! Challah makes my benchmark French toast.

[jae_]

Oooooo! Maybe I'll try that tomorrow morning! ;) What's your recipe?

[jae_]

Here's the recipe I used: http://www.williams.edu/Astronomy/kkwitter/challah.html

As for how to braid it, if you go to this page, there's a video that showed me. Took a couple minutes to figure it out, but once I did, it's really simple!

http://www.chabad.org/library/howto/wizard.asp?AID=109174

[kneidlach]

Oy! Those look so good it makes me consider ending my "gluten-free" ways and heading over to our local Kosher Bakery. Mmm.... Challah. (Even better the next morning as french toast)

[rachaelll]

That's a beautiful sight :)

[jae_]

Thanks. :)