Golden-brown, sesame seed-covered braided challah loaves sit on a wooden cutting board - Olga Mazyarkina/Getty Images The idea of baking sweet, eggy challah at home can be daunting. Jewish cooking ...

Beautifully braided, rich, and lightly sweet, freshly baked challah is delicious on its own or smeared with softened butter. After a few days, it's great dunked in custard and made into French toast ...

For novice challah makers, the braid can seem like the hardest part of the bread recipe. Follow these simple steps to make a six-strand challah round. Scroll all the way down for a how-to video on the ...

A soupcon of obsession isn’t a bad thing to have in a Jewish holiday kitchen. It sends cooks in search of briskets that are less cloying and honey cakes that won’t stick to the back of one’s throat.

This undated photo provided by America's Test Kitchen in October 2018 shows challah in Brookline, Mass. This recipe appears in the cookbook “Bread Illustrated.” (Carl Tremblay/America's Test Kitchen ...

This Hanukkah, you deserve a no-fuss, show-stopper challah bread dough that won't let you down. After all, it's been a year, so why not treat your family to homemade challah that requires little ...

Just about every Friday, on the eve of Shabbat, I make challah, the Jewish enriched, braided bread. I make it so often, the process has become a kitchen dance where I’m guided by muscle memory. I know ...

Start to finish, making challah is a multisensory, multilevel process: mixing ingredients into dough, taking time to let it rise, punching it down, letting it rise some more, separating the dough into ...

This is what I call the ultimate challah. Adapted from Brizel's Bakery in Jerusalem, the bread was perfected with the help of Jack Wayne of West Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, who comes from a long line ...

Aykroyd isn’t the only person who feels this way. The actor and former “Saturday Night Live” star is one of many fans of challah, the braided egg bread that has its roots in Jewish kitchens but also ...

Challah is traditionally baked on Fridays in Jewish households, and it symbolizes the start of the Sabbath, a time of rest. It's enriched with eggs and sweetened just enough to make an ordinary Friday ...