My sweet, braided bread became a monster, what? I’m so confused. Why did it more than double in size?
1250g final dough with 30g yeast, 450ml milk, 650g flour, 70g butter, sugar, salt. I knew it would be big, but I just didn't expect it to be this "happy" to grow. I looks like Hulk now…
by Fairy2play
13 Comments
Sea_Comfortable_5499
That looks like normal challah, high five! How does it taste?
Honeybucket206
Sugar, lots of sugar
onetwobucklemyshoooo
In 1944, during the holocaust, Jewish people were forced into ghettos in Hungary by expulsion or deportation. That’s where the word “ghetto” came from. This probably explains your traditional braided bread, “challa.” Your bread looks great to me.
AlehCemy
30g fresh yeast or instant yeast?
Jodies-9-inch-leg
Choad load
littlemoon-03
Mother, I have risen
noisedotbike
If the texture of the crumb feels right, just use less dough next time.
Chegit0
Too much yeast.
Milli_Mey
When I make yeast bread it always grows this much. Which is actually cool cause you just get more of it now 🙂 Edit: I can recommend putting egg wash on top before baking, then it looks even nicer
Swiss-princess
Make the braids thinner next time.
bunnykitten94
Looks identical to my first challah
uzzmak
If this helps, i worked at subway a long time go all through high school and used to braid the bread for party subs, thats when i learned. Put it in the oven under proofed otherwise you get big boys. When i saw the before picture i already knew you had a monster coming. Once braided cut your proofing time by half and it will come out perfect.
13 Comments
That looks like normal challah, high five! How does it taste?
Sugar, lots of sugar
In 1944, during the holocaust, Jewish people were forced into ghettos in Hungary by expulsion or deportation. That’s where the word “ghetto” came from. This probably explains your traditional braided bread, “challa.” Your bread looks great to me.
30g fresh yeast or instant yeast?
Choad load
Mother, I have risen
If the texture of the crumb feels right, just use less dough next time.
Too much yeast.
When I make yeast bread it always grows this much. Which is actually cool cause you just get more of it now 🙂
Edit: I can recommend putting egg wash on top before baking, then it looks even nicer
Make the braids thinner next time.
Looks identical to my first challah
If this helps, i worked at subway a long time go all through high school and used to braid the bread for party subs, thats when i learned. Put it in the oven under proofed otherwise you get big boys. When i saw the before picture i already knew you had a monster coming. Once braided cut your proofing time by half and it will come out perfect.
Way too much yeast