Winners + Challah Bread

First, congratulations to the giveaway winners!! Norie, Lindsay, Danielle, and Dawn - you won the earring giveaway! I'll reach out to you all on Facebook for address information. Congratulations!!

Tonight, I felt like some comfort food. Challah bread is a braided bread that I understand crosses many cultures. It was one of my favorite comfort foods as a child and I still love it as an adult!

Making this bread takes a little time, but it's worth it!  I followed this recipe, but adjusted the serving size to ten.  In truth, I feel like this bread yielded four servings.  Of course, I love bread!  So maybe if you found ten people that didn't love bread that much they could each have some.

 

I've made this recipe once before and I really like how the ingredients are mostly items you already have on hand:

Can you tell from this picture that I enjoy generic brand food items? :-)

First, you will dissolve the yeast in warm water and mix your wet ingredients plus the salt.  Once the ingredients are mixed, add in the flour and combine thoroughly.

Now some patience is required, you will cover this dough and let rise for 1.5 hours.  

After the dough has risen, it is time to knead the dough and then form a braid. I think this part is fun and easy!

As the photo above shows, you will once again cover the dough and let rise.

Don't worry if the dough does not rise as you might expect it to! This is truly a recipe that comes together in the oven.

Prior to baking the bread, brush with egg white and sprinkle some poppy seeds across the top.

Bake at 375, I would suggest 25-30 minutes for a loaf this size.  You'll know when it's done because you will knock on the bottom of the loaf and the "challah" will sound "hollow" :-)

Now that's some delicious bread!  Break off a piece or two and enjoy. Weight Watchers tells me this is a 3 PP treat! Not bad!  I hope everyone is having a wonderful week.  Best love from the SC-

Xoxox, Madeleine