Challah bread, do you buy it or make it yourself? 🍞 ✡️ 🇮🇱

[Buzz Rules]

Challah bread, do you buy it or make it yourself?

 

[disneychrista]

Neither. It is not something I have ever purposely made or bought. But then again I am not Jewish.

 

[LoveDaisy]

I have bought and made it. It makes a great French toast bread.

 

[disneydreamer1980]

I usually make it. Here’s one

 

[_19disnA]

Have made it, really just a type of egg bread and there are many online recipes.

 

[Grand Koalafornian]

Buy. I do want to make it some day. Some people in my congregation make great challah! One man in particular made some a couple weeks ago and it was ... *chef's kiss* sooooo good!

 

[HeatherC]

I make it. Most times I do it in the bread machine which makes it so much easier. For holidays I will use the dough cycle and then take it out and braid it. My husband would eat a loaf a day if I let him.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

OK, so if it's a basic braided challah, I usually just buy it. Platting is not my thing.

Now, if it's for Rosh Hashanah, it should be homemade. It's not that you can't buy one, but your Rosh Hashanah challah should be round. There's a superstition that the rounder your homemade Rosh Hashanah challah turns out, the better (i.e. well rounded) your year will be). I cheat if I'm going to do the whole High Holy Days things. There's a brand that sells frozen raw braided challahs. I usually buy two, let them thaw and rise once before I try and form them into something round before a second rise and baking.

 

[disneydreamer1980]

OK, so if it's a basic braided challah, I usually just buy it. Platting is not my thing.

Now, if it's for Rosh Hashanah, it should be homemade. It's not that you can't buy one, but your Rosh Hashanah challah should be round. There's a superstition that the rounder your homemade Rosh Hashanah challah turns out, the better (i.e. well rounded) your year will be). I cheat if I'm going to do the whole High Holy Days things. There's a brand that sells frozen raw braided challahs. I usually buy two, let them thaw and rise once before I try and form them into something round before a second rise and baking.

I make round challah every year, it’s a must for the holiday. I also do the schlissel (key shaped) challah after Pesach. And in regards to the frozen challah, as my mother always says, if you heat in an oven it’s homemade lol

 

[NannyBeBe]

I have never had challah bread but would love to try it.

 

[Genie+]

I haven’t but one of kids made a few times. 2 batches of regular and 2 of chocolate. All were impressive! Challah may be Jewish but challah is also a NJ Diner thing. The bakers all used to make it to serve as dinner bread and for the French Toast.

 

[BLTtinkerbell]

I have not made it yet, but it’s on my list to try to bake at some point. I do buy it and my family enjoys it.

 

[hardcorestitch]

I usually make it. Here’s one

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I bet Knuckles from Sonic would devour that challah entirely… he munched on lots of those in his self titled series on Nickelodeon.

 

[CynBeth]

We buy it.

 

[mmouse37]

I am not but my husband is and I usually buy it but last night I made my own. First batch didn’t rise so I made a pizza out of the dough after rolling it flat. I was determined and second time it rose and was pretty tasty but want to try other recipes.

 

[Buzz Rules]

 

[xjillianpaige]

I made it fo the first time this year for Rosh Hashanah. The flavor was phenomenal but it was a bit dense. Have to sort it out so it's lighter next time.

 

[AppleDumpling]

I have made and bought challah bread. As mentioned upthread, I love challah French toast, very common in diners around here. Though I’m not Jewish, and don’t observe the holidays, I enjoy many of their baked goods, including babka, rugelach, bagels, etc. and other traditional foods from their culture.