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| ScrappingMom | Nov 17 2008, 03:52 PM Post #31 |
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Maybe YouTube has a video of challah making. I'll mail you one, too. :) |
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| Dina | Nov 17 2008, 04:05 PM Post #32 |
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i may hit you all up for your offers for some homemade challah |
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| ScrappingMom | Nov 17 2008, 07:03 PM Post #33 |
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Here are some pics to tempt you. :D Posted Image Posted Image |
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| yeishlitikvah | Nov 17 2008, 07:18 PM Post #34 |
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Soo now maybe my next 'toy' should be the bread maker. versus teh stand mixed I've been salivating over for years. but can't justify spending the cash on |
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| hallie_ari_mom | Nov 17 2008, 08:13 PM Post #35 |
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Those challah look gorgeous! Mine don't turn out that fancy, but I'm trying! Make a youtube video! That's a fantastic idea! I took a challah class with my rebbitzen and it made all the difference, only I still prefer Realeez's recipe to anyone else's. |
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| Hotchili | Nov 17 2008, 08:21 PM Post #36 |
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If I make my own (my friend has a home challah business,so I like to support her and buy it from her, and also it is AMAZING its like CAKE) and when I do, I make it in the shape of a heart challah picture and then there are these: another challah picture Edited by Hotchili, Nov 17 2008, 08:26 PM.
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| hallie_ari_mom | Nov 17 2008, 08:31 PM Post #37 |
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Those were beautiful too! |
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| yeishlitikvah | Nov 17 2008, 08:34 PM Post #38 |
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I love the challah hearts. I can braid challah for squat. I wind up doing rolls or throwing it into loaf pans |
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| realeez | Nov 17 2008, 08:54 PM Post #39 |
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my round one from way back when: Posted Image i love the heart challahs, hotchili! SM, my mouth is watering! |
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| Dina | Nov 17 2008, 09:25 PM Post #40 |
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wow- YUMMY maybe ill have to ask my rabbi to do a class on it (that is after we join next yr) |
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| ScrappingMom | Nov 17 2008, 11:54 PM Post #41 |
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Thanks guys! I make a 6-braided challah. It gets easy after awhile. The Spice and Spirit cookbook has illustrations on how to make a 3, 4 and 6 braided challah. They're pretty easy to follow. Hotchili, those are great! |
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| U Tarzan Me Jane | Nov 18 2008, 12:15 AM Post #42 |
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When I used to make my moms recipe, I did 6 braids without a baking pan. My recipe comes out so much better when I make it in baking pans. So when I'm in a rush, I do a 3 braid, and once its baked in the pan it looks almost the same! |
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| Hotchili | Nov 18 2008, 07:41 AM Post #43 |
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I want to try the 6 braid!! There is a reason I do heart challahs. My husband proposed to me in shul on Shabbat. Then hosted a surprise kiddush for our engagement at the shul that day. Then we went to our friends for lunch, and it was a surprise l'chaim, with HEARTS EVERYWHERE, on the lamps, on the towels, on the table, balloons, on the napkins, the plates, the cups etc., even the challahs were heart shaped, so since that day I make heart shaped challahs. One to remind me of that fantastic day and how amazing we each felt that day, it also reminds me of what wonderful friends I had who helped my husband plan everything (it was an entire weekend of surprises but I will spare you ) and also because it reminds me of the great love my husband and I have for one another. |
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| Dina | Nov 18 2008, 07:58 AM Post #44 |
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hotchili- sounds like an awesome engagment! please share the details (but maybe on another thread) |
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| hallie_ari_mom | Nov 18 2008, 08:01 AM Post #45 |
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That's beautiful! I love that story. SM.. I'm visual.. if you ever do get a chance to do a youtube video, I'd love to see it. I do a 4 braid challah. We learned to do a 6 braid one where you do a large 3 braid and a small 3 braid on top of it, but it doesn't turn out like yours. |
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| Dina | Nov 18 2008, 08:03 AM Post #46 |
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so realeez- how bout posting your recipe?? |
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| Dina | Nov 18 2008, 08:04 AM Post #47 |
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this isnt sm but here you go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22p3wIHLupc |
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| ScrappingMom | Nov 18 2008, 10:08 AM Post #48 |
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I could try next time I make challah. But I need to find a videographer (my daughter). Dina, I could post my recipe, too, if you want. |
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| U Tarzan Me Jane | Nov 18 2008, 10:21 AM Post #49 |
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You tube has bunches of video's on challah braiding. I would post them but my flash isn't working so I don't know if the video I'm posting is good or not. |
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| Dina | Nov 18 2008, 10:28 AM Post #50 |
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sm that would be great! |
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| realeez | Nov 18 2008, 10:32 AM Post #51 |
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1 cup water 1/2 cup oil 1/2 cup sugar 1 T. honey (optional) 2.5 tsp salt 2 eggs 4 cups flour 2 1/4 tsp yeast If you have a bread machine you put everything in in that order and put on dough cycle. If not, put the yeast in the water with some of the sugar. when it bubbles knead in the rest. the longer you knead the better the challah. I'll bet you could do it in the food processor also - maybe with the plastic blade. Let rise for 2 hours or so. Shape. Let rise for about 1.5 - 2 hours. Egg wash the challah. Put in non preheated oven, turn on oven, and bake about 1/2 hour until golden on outside and sounds hollow when tapped. |
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| Dina | Nov 18 2008, 10:52 AM Post #52 |
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that actually doesnt sound horrible |
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| realeez | Nov 18 2008, 11:15 AM Post #53 |
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Try it one time :) So many of my friends who have never made challah started with this recipe and were so happy. Do you have a stand mixer or a Cuisinart? |
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| Dina | Nov 18 2008, 11:29 AM Post #54 |
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nope- and have never cooked with yeast. its one reason we love the donut hole receipe we have- no yeast! |
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| ScrappingMom | Nov 18 2008, 12:56 PM Post #55 |
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Realeez, why don't you preheat your oven? Dina, I will post it in a little while. I've got my hands full with babies and bottles. |
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| hallie_ari_mom | Nov 18 2008, 02:21 PM Post #56 |
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I make Realeez's recipe and I preheat. I put them in meatloaf tins so that recipe fills two. I add 5 minutes for that second challah.. so 35 minutes in a preheated oven. I also sprinkle vanilla sugar on top and it's always a hit. Sometimes I add a squirt of Agave in addition to everything else. Dina, I love her recipe because it's only 4 C flour. It's manageable for me to work with. The only extra tip I have, is when it's ready to bread, sometimes it's still a bit gooey. I put extra flour on the waxed paper, and when I take my strands, I roll it in the extra flour and then I get a perfect braid. |
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| realeez | Nov 18 2008, 02:30 PM Post #57 |
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apparently if you don't preheat it makes it rise more. barbie, i think the gooey-ness has to do with US vs Cdn all purpose flour. I think our all purpse flour is closer to US bread flour. |
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| hallie_ari_mom | Nov 18 2008, 02:47 PM Post #58 |
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I use the bread flour.... I didn't realize it rises more if I don't preheat... I'll try it next time. |
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| yeishlitikvah | Nov 18 2008, 07:00 PM Post #59 |
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I never would have thought to look in Spice and SPirit. doh that recipe looks easy enough one stupid question though do i need to take challah from that? I don't recall the numbers off hand |
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| realeez | Nov 18 2008, 07:16 PM Post #60 |
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don't need to take challah from this amount. (and no such thing as a stupid question) |
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