Fresh-Baked Challah

This weekend I baked challah for the first time. I'll admit that I kind of cheated because I made the dough in a bread maker, so I didn't have to knead it, but I did braid it and bake it myself. It turned out pretty well; I followed the bread maker's recipe for challah, except I replaced the sugar with honey.

It was a huge loaf. You can't really tell scale from this picture, but that plate is the size of a dinner plate, not a dessert plate.


The Challah for Hunger chapter at Vassar always sells a "flavor of the week" challah in addition to traditional and chocolate chip, and one week they made chai challah. It was so amazing that I had to email them for the recipe. Next time I'm going to attempt to make chai challah, and maybe experiment with some other flavors as well.