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Best Dressed Bread
Jan 281 min read
Challah Baking Tip #12 Challah Toppings & Such
If your challah braids turn out well, you may choose to leave them unadorned. But, toppings are a delicious way to camouflage...
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Best Dressed Bread
Jan 281 min read
Challah Baking Tip #11 Challahs with Beautiful Color & Shine
I have always admired the warm, chestnut color and extra shine on some people’s challahs. There are a few ways to achieve this almost...
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Best Dressed Bread
Jan 211 min read
Challah Baking Tip #10 Dough 'Picks up' Dough.
Here is a Quickie: When transferring the dough from your mixer to a large bowl for the first rising, remember that dough ‘picks up’ dough...
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Best Dressed Bread
Dec 3, 20241 min read
Challah Baking Tip #9 Challah-Baking Lends Itself Beautifully to Multitasking
...because, while there is not much hands-on time, there is plenty of waiting time. So, plan to bake challah on a day when you have other...
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Best Dressed Bread
Oct 1, 20241 min read
Challah Baking Tip #8 Rosh Hashanah Round Challah
The classic round Rosh Hashanah challah that I remember growing up was one long strand of dough wrapped into a swirl. When I get tired of...
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Best Dressed Bread
Aug 20, 20241 min read
Challah Baking Tip #7 Proofing Yeast - An easy, Fool-Proof :) Method.
Most challah recipes start with adding yeast, water, and sugar to the mixing bowl. Experts say that active dry yeast should be mixed with...
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Best Dressed Bread
Aug 6, 20241 min read
Challah Baking Tip #6 Buy Your Dry Yeast by the Block & Save!
For the best value, consider buying dry yeast in a 16-ounce 'block' instead of in 3-pack envelopes. Once opened, store the yeast package...
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Best Dressed Bread
Jul 30, 20241 min read
Challah Baking Tip #5 Pour, Don’t Scoop Your Flour.Â
This tip comes from my dear daughter-in-law, an extraordinary cook and baker. When using a 5-pound bag of pre-sifted flour in a recipe...
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Best Dressed Bread
Jul 9, 20241 min read
Challah Baking Tip #4: There are no Little Elves in your house...
...cleaning up after you. When I lived at home, my mother and I made the perfect pair. She loved to clean and I loved to bake. So every...
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Best Dressed Bread
Jul 2, 20241 min read
Challah Baking Tuesday Tip #3: Preflight your Kitchen Aid/Bosch
When using an electric mixer, (see tip 2), check that your bowl and dough hook are securely screwed in place before adding anything to...
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Best Dressed Bread
Jun 25, 20241 min read
Challah Baking Tuesday Tip #2: Knead like the Pros
Use an electric mixer if you can. I spent the first 25 years of my challah baking career kneading the dough, (for 10 full minutes) by...
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Best Dressed Bread
Jun 18, 20241 min read
Challah Baking Tuesday Tip #1
1- Always read recipe instructions ALL THE WAY through before beginning. This one applies to all recipes, all the time, but it really hit...
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Best Dressed Bread
Jun 4, 20242 min read
20 Best Dressed Bread Challah Baking Tips
I’ve been baking challah since forever ago when my sleep-away camp offered a baking workshop. We tackled complicated confections,...
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Best Dressed Bread
Jan 5, 20221 min read
Under Wraps: How to Keep Your Challah Dough Cover Looking Fresh & New
I have been asked this so many times that I figured a blog post Tip was in order. To keep my Challah Dough Cover Fresh & New, after I...
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Best Dressed Bread
Dec 21, 20212 min read
Taking a Stand. Low-Tech Standing Desk :)
Standing desks are all the rage, and you have decided to give this office/home improvement a try. Good move, (probably). I used to set...
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Best Dressed Bread
Dec 29, 20201 min read
Multi-Tasking Challah Baking Tip
I've discovered that when I bake a batch of challah, I can sneak in an extra baking task without any extra clean-up, (always a plus in my...
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Best Dressed Bread
Nov 26, 20201 min read
Tips & Tricks: Customize in Hebrew-עברית
WOW!—BIG NEWS - Some of our designs, like this one can be customized with HEBREW TYPE!! And it is as simple as switching your computer...
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Best Dressed Bread
Jun 16, 20201 min read
Home is Where...you Hang your Hat
It has been a while since we posted a Tuesday tip, but for sanity sake, this one just had to be shared. Five Boys home from Yeshiva + my...
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Best Dressed Bread
May 10, 20201 min read
How to shout MAZEL TOV at a ZOOM wedding—Even when muted :)
With Lag B’Omer 2 days away, wedding season is almost upon us. Each of these expressive Talk blurbs is set to print BIG on a separate...
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Best Dressed Bread
Apr 21, 20201 min read
Home Schooling: Botany-101
So with eggs at $4 a dozen, you may as well get something out of the carton as well. Right? And besides, these days, who wants to risk a...
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