How to Make a Braided and Round Challah Recipe

 

Photography by Victoria Wall Harris

Growing up Catholic, I was not taught how to make challah, a traditional Jewish braided egg bread.  I don’t even remember the first time I tasted it.  It could have been in college.  But I did know how to make bread from scratch with yeast and I enjoyed the process.  It seemed so magical but easy at the same time and with such simple ingredients – flour, yeast, water and salt for a basic bread.Continue reading