I am not new to making challah, I have made and also posted quite a few, including some real treats such as Date Challah, Kulich, and Apple Cinnamon Challah. But now I am starting a project to try out different challah recipes, and create a few of my own, over the next year. I want to…
Category: Bread
Kulich – a Russian Purim Challah
They tried to kill us…we survived…let’s eat! Ah, the story of many a Jewish holiday. And Purim is no exception. The most familiar food is hamantaschen, or Haman’s hats. Russian Jews also make a sweet Challah braided to symbolize the rope Haman was going to use to hang Mordechai, but was instead used to hang…
Sticky Date-Nut Bread
I have a love affair with dates. My favorites, of course, are the ones I get in the Middle East, but there are some really good dates to be had that are grown in California. I tasted some fantastic dates at the farmers market when I was in Sonoma County this summer. Now there is…
Kale-Turkey Bacon Herb Bread
Quick breads are a big thing in our house, a favorite breakfast food. Zucchini bread is, of course, the favorite, but there is peach bread, pumpkin bread, blackberry bread, and others. Recently, I added the fig graham bread and sweet potato pecan bread, and will be trying out a bunch of new breads over the upcoming…
Sweet Potato Pecan Bread
I am still enjoying cooking with the sweet potatoes from our fall harvest. There are still a few nice-sized ones left; so I grabbed a couple to make some bread.The sweet potato bread turned out great. I often find pumpkin bread to be overly moist and sweet. This was perfect, the texture was great and…
Fig Graham Bread
If I have any addictions, it is to figs and dates. It flips back and forth as to which I prefer; basically depending on whether I have dates from Israel or Iran around. When I run out of those, I have better access to quality figs than dates, so I switch to obsessing about figs….
Pumpkin Challah
What better way to celebrate autumn and Shabbat during Sukkot than with a pumpkin challah? It gets its beautiful yellow-orange color from this pretty combination that gets mixed into the dough. It was great, just enough pumpkin pie flavor to make it interesting, but not so much that it distracted from dinner. But…we can’t wait…
Apple-Cinnamon Challah
Apples and Honey – the traditional foods to eat together to express our hopes for a sweet year to come. So, why not combine the two in one challah? I used the dough recipe from the date challah, since it was so delicious. And this challah was just as delicious, it was a hit with…
Peach Bread
In case you did not know, southern Delaware is peach country. We grow some tasty peaches. And this year they are particularly good. I have a cookbook from my favorite all-natural farm, Highland Orchards. In it is a recipe for peach bread by Elaine Linton, the farmer’s mother. I made the bread exactly as it…
Big Sur Hide Bread (Rolls)
What to do with the millet in my pantry? I have been waiting for the perfect bread recipe to use it in. If you have not had it before, millet adds a great texture to breads. I have a millet bread that I used to make in college, but it is a yeast bread and I…
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