May 2012’s Daring Bakers’ Challenge was pretty twisted – Ruth from The Crafts of Mommyhood challenged us to make challah! Using recipes from all over, and tips from “A Taste of Challah” by Tamar Ansh, she encouraged us to bake beautifully braided breads.
I never made bread before, except in a breadmaking machine, which doesn't really count towards making your own bread. But it is something I have been longing to try for a while. My grandfather used to make his own bread and I remember how as a little girl, he would give me a piece of dough to play with and shape as I wanted. Then it ended up under the cloth with the two loaves and although I was told not to touch them while they rose, I couldn't help but take a peak every now and then. Even to this day, I never cease to be amazed by the miracle of rising dough.
For this challah, I opted for one of the recipes mentioned on the Daring Bakers Challenge Sheet, the Honey White Challah taken from Tammy's Recipes. Because I planned to use it as a breakfast bread, I added half a cup of chocolate chips to her recipe and I also halved all her quantities as we don't eat enough bread around here to make two loaves.
Braiding the bread turned out being trickier than expected. My problem was actually to shape the 6 different strand rather than the braiding itself. So the braids ended up too short and thick, and as a result the challah looked a bit ... well, let's call it rustic :o)
Tastewise, it is really taste although, being the sweettooth that I am, I might increase the honey for my next attempt as I would have appreciated the extra sweetness.
Dared to bake Challah. Challenge completed !
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