Braiding a challah whether it’s three strand, four strand, or even six strand is truly the only part in the entire recipe that’s slightly challenging. The rest of it is surprisingly easy. All the more reason to bake your own to have on hand for the best french toasts of all time, epic grilled cheeses, or whatever you like to use challah for. It’s good for most things but it toasts up especially nice. Hope you love it!
Recipe: https://www.joshuaweissman.com/post/braided-bread
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46 Comments
This looks amazing and more labor intensive than the challah I make weekly, but I'm sure it's delicious. This is Ashkenazi challah. I generally make Sephardic challah, which doesn't use eggs (water challah).
You look different with a more clear camera lol
Sprinkle with everything spice…but not for french toast
In the French Carribean (Martinique), this is called « Pain au beurre 1ère communion » which translate as « First communion butter bread » – This bread is served with carribean hot chocolate and you can find this desert mostly during first communion or at Carribean weddings
Awesome and easy to follow steps…
this is a good recipe but can you write the recipe in the description its kinda hard to keep in pace
honey should never be cooked… is ok to use sugar?
this came out soo good when I tried it! thanks for this!
8:32 If it doesn't spring back at all, doesn't that mean it's over proofed, since it gets softer over time? If there is no dent that means it's not ready
this recipe didn't work for me.. dough came out to wet and sticky.. i followed grams to the T. just gonna back it as a loaf now
I did an 8 strand 🤯
Try it with Sourdough I'm still working on it.
Looks delicious!
Gotta be clearer about the water, very confusing how much to use
Thank you for this! This Christian girl is going to make some for Thanksgiving. ❤
Josh you saved me buddy! I needed a Challah bread for a freindsgiving party. I made this without doing a trial run and nailed it on the first go! Your explanation was spot on! The braiding was definitely the hardest part. This will become our new family recipe…from the internet!
Papa always knows when I need new recipe..paapa
When it becomes time to twist, just turn your phone upside down and follow along exactly as he does😊
Love the videos where you are a professional. I just have trouble watching you playing the clown in your current videos. Nice work in this one!
Scratch salt and oil, add milk and butter and you got yourself a Christmas bread. You're welcome 🎄
Instructions mildly unclear, made a 928 braid loaf.
I’ve been making challah for years. Honestly, you do not need bread flour. I have never used it in challah and it comes out fine.
Is it supposed to smell like pizza dough?
I got me one of those Fermentation Stations for Christmas. Brod and his buddy, and me, I, can thank You for that. 🤙🤙
“If it doesn’t spring back at all it’s not proofed enough.” ??? Is this right? Seems opposite to me.
I’m here fir the dough method – I’m happy with my recipe and I can braid 4 strands with my eyes closed! Let’s hope the double rise does the trick…
Whoaaa…. You said, " Poke the loaf".
i followed the reipe..came out very nice except too salty..according to everybody who tasted it
Thanks, Josh. This was my midterm, and you saved my ass
Your audio is not consistent. Hard to hear you.
6 hours?
Please mention this in the beginning.
Is it really Jewish or did Jews just bring it to the USA from Eastern Europe?
Does it sandwich?
This is a bread I like to make for the ladies. Always impresses
How long would this typically stay fresh for? Before you really start noticing the any quality issues. Thank you
Just a bit of background Challah refers to the part of bread that was tithed to the priests in the time of the temple. Today, since we can't give it to the priests, we take a portion of the dough and burn it.
Me making this knowing full well that I don't have a fermentation station, nor does my oven have a light. First proof in the air fryer now
this is some friday night food over here
So I tried this and the dough had a lot of air pockets in it the only thing I could think of is because I used a hand mixer not what he was using but I used the same amount of ingredients and my dough appears to have basically doubled in size to what he has so I don't know if I just have really strong bread or if I did something very wrong
Awesome video man 😎
Gonna try this recipe again. Followed the recipe exactly and when mixing it, it was not smooth like yours. Did measure with volume and maybe too much flour was added. Should used my scale, but it was late and I didn't want to 😂. Still tastes good though.
What food scale do you recommend?
Can you do this with whole wheat flour 100% stone ground whole wheat bobs red mill
Great recipe! I think 16g of salt is a bit much. Braided bread, or “Vianočka” as it’s called here in Slovakia is eaten usually with honey or jam (or Nutella😂), therefore this much salt does not help. But that’s a one man’s opinion. As Josh said, you can always adjust Saltiness as you wish.
Can I sub a starter for the yeast? If so would i just Keep the ratios of flour to liquid the same taking into accout what was added from the starter?
My dough does not look like that. It came out really hard Maybe it's the yeast I used