I’ve been trying to weave Challah, it’s so difficult!
I’ve been trying to weave Challah, it’s so difficult!
by Yakazuna_D_Frog
21 Comments
MakingMookSauce
Thicker braids and less of them. Less twists. Flour the outside lightly so the twists stay twists instead of turning into a blob.
8805
Close enough! Now get in my belly!
ServingPlate
Try starting with 3 strands, then move to 4. It just takes practice.
tgbarbie
YouTube on repeat. 6 strands: right over two, replace with second from the left. left over two, replace with second from the right. (I make challah every Friday).
Or to cheat a 6 strand braid make a wider 3 strand braid and then put a slightly smaller three strand braid on top. When it bakes it looks fancy.
therealBlackbonsai
thats how mine look as well, but that just the look thats not the thing that really counts.
_FormerFarmer
The sesame hides it well. Looks good enough to eat 🙂
shock_lemon
Braid only three pieces. Hope this helps you in the future.
Dnm3k
Practice with coloured yarn, playing is about muscle memory in the long run.
GravityAlpha
6 strands, all connected at their ends at the top of your work surface by pinching them together. Take the rightmost strand, and go over two, under one, all the way to the end. Repeat. Tuck ends of loaf in a little to get rid of the pinched end.
MoonlitAsBowie
I think you did a Challah’va job!
DivePhilippines_55
I’ve seen something like this with sneaker laces when I was a kid.
Klkclk22
Just 3 braided strands is good.
bearki_
Claire Saffitz has a great tutorial on how to do this on the NYT Cooking YouTube channel!
Nunatrocious
Do the cross hatch.
Comprehensive-Bad219
Are you trying to do a six strand? I’d really suggest watching a video on youtube where they dye each strand a different color, and slow the video down to follow step by step.
It’s hard to figure it out at first but once you get it down you’ll see it’s surprisingly really easy and.you get into a groove of doing it.
FishFinsss
Chonkallah 🤤
heartlessgamer
Let me know if you need someone to eat your mistakes.
yun-harla
Practice with string or yarn to get the pattern down! Six strands isn’t as hard as you might think, I promise. Once you wrap your mind around it, the hardest part is rolling dough out into uniform strands, and it looks like you did that well enough already!
matzohballer
I suck at it,my dough comes out great but I have my wife braid it. Mine are too loose
MaximilianClarke
Gordian baker
mallarme1
That’s why I braid. It’s easy and doesn’t look like an alien life form.
21 Comments
Thicker braids and less of them. Less twists. Flour the outside lightly so the twists stay twists instead of turning into a blob.
Close enough! Now get in my belly!
Try starting with 3 strands, then move to 4. It just takes practice.
YouTube on repeat. 6 strands: right over two, replace with second from the left. left over two, replace with second from the right. (I make challah every Friday).
Or to cheat a 6 strand braid make a wider 3 strand braid and then put a slightly smaller three strand braid on top. When it bakes it looks fancy.
thats how mine look as well, but that just the look thats not the thing that really counts.
The sesame hides it well. Looks good enough to eat 🙂
Braid only three pieces. Hope this helps you in the future.
Practice with coloured yarn, playing is about muscle memory in the long run.
6 strands, all connected at their ends at the top of your work surface by pinching them together. Take the rightmost strand, and go over two, under one, all the way to the end. Repeat. Tuck ends of loaf in a little to get rid of the pinched end.
I think you did a Challah’va job!
I’ve seen something like this with sneaker laces when I was a kid.
Just 3 braided strands is good.
Claire Saffitz has a great tutorial on how to do this on the NYT Cooking YouTube channel!
Do the cross hatch.
Are you trying to do a six strand? I’d really suggest watching a video on youtube where they dye each strand a different color, and slow the video down to follow step by step.
It’s hard to figure it out at first but once you get it down you’ll see it’s surprisingly really easy and.you get into a groove of doing it.
Chonkallah 🤤
Let me know if you need someone to eat your mistakes.
Practice with string or yarn to get the pattern down! Six strands isn’t as hard as you might think, I promise. Once you wrap your mind around it, the hardest part is rolling dough out into uniform strands, and it looks like you did that well enough already!
I suck at it,my dough comes out great but I have my wife braid it. Mine are too loose
Gordian baker
That’s why I braid. It’s easy and doesn’t look like an alien life form.