Reviewed: May 16, 2012

First of all, as a rule, I can NOT bake bread. This recipe has cured me of that! YUM! Easy, and beautiful. I rolled my dough out, buttered it lightly, grated cinnamon over it, sprinkled it with light brown sugar, rolled it up, let it rise, and baked it. I hope to make french toast from it tonight for dinner, if I can keep my family out of it long enough. :) THANKS!

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Bella

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: May 5, 2012

I just feel in love with this recipe. Even after halving the recipe, I still had enough dough to make 2 footlong loaves. Don't pull your dough strings tight when you braid the dough. A tight braid will result in a cracked brad later on. I learned first hand :(, but still perfectly edible. I also didn't have problems with my bread bottom burning.

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Jddmom

Reviewed: Apr. 28, 2012

Made this for Easter and it was OUTSTANDING. Very easy and much better than what you can buy at the grocery store.

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dixiejuju

Reviewed: Apr. 16, 2012

Best challah recipe ever! I also added a tablespoon of mahleb (also mahlep and mahlepi) and the kitchen smelled like bread-lover's heaven.

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Violinda

Reviewed: Mar. 24, 2012

I loved this bread! It made a couple loves, and I tried two different braids on them, and they both worked really well.

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acalladonato

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Mar. 20, 2012

I just made this and it is phenomenal! Mine was out of the oven 7 minutes earlier though, so my only suggestion is to watch it towards the end, and when it's nice and dark gold, take it out. My baking sheets are apparently no longer non-stick, so next time i will be using some parchment too. Great recipe! Won't be buying bread from the store half as much now!!!!

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kseredoka

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Smithville, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Ajax, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2012

Excellent and easy to make! When I added the yeast to the water I also added the honey and let the mixture sit for about 20 minutes. The yeast was activated and ready to go.

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botolski

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Mar. 3, 2012

A PERFECT Challah! Everyone RAVES about it every Friday night. I make a strudel topping (instead of poppy seeds) by mixing one teaspoon of melted margarine with 2 tsp of flour and 3 tsp of white sugar. Mix it until it is a crumble consistency and sprinkle it on just before popping into the oven. YUM!

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Lanaray

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Feb. 10, 2012

Yum! This bread was delicious, like eating a fluffy pillow made of bread. I followed the recipe proportions exactly. I made the following adjustments: -Water temperature was about 95 degrees F. -Used bread flour instead of all purpose flour. -Added salt during the flour mixing portion of the recipe, just to ensure it wouldn't counteract the yeast too quickly. -Used regular eggs for the dough, but for the egg wash on top of the bread, I used yoke only plus a spoonful of water (no egg whites). -Baked on parchment paper on top of preheated baking stones. I put a little vegetable oil on the parchment paper to ensure the dough would not stick. -At 375 degrees, it only took 22 minutes to bake properly. Allowed bread to cool for an hour before I sliced it. This made two very large loaves. I had to preheat two baking stones in the oven, otherwise there would not have been enough space. I watched a couple of videos on YouTube to see how people braided the loaves and decided to do a 3-strand braid. Perfect!

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RachelC

Reviewed: Feb. 10, 2012

This is THE perfect recipe and I have tried several. Having grown up on Challah bread, this recipe is truly the real deal! It's easy to make AND yummy.

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