Challah (Hall la lal lah) Bread

Challah bread is Jewish Holiday bread made when there are celebrations. We puposely make it around this time of year for our treats to our friends and neighbors. My kids call it "Hall la lal lah" bread because of the time of year. I get a kick out of that. Because my list of loved ones keeps growing and I wanted to make a mess out of the kitchen only once (it ended up being twice) I borrowed Ann's 6 heavy duty cookie sheets and went to work. When you make Challah bread you make the dough and let it rise for an hour and a half and then you roll it out and braid it and let it rise again for an hour and a half before you cook it. One batch of dough makes four nice sized breads. It took me all day but I accomplished 40 breads on the first go around. Alan and the kids delivered. I like them to be delivered warm. Here are a few pictures from our Challah day.

Here is a picture of the dough rising after it is braided. It is just about ready for the oven


Here they are just out of the oven. Aren't they pretty? I love the look of them.


I love the look of them so much that I had to show a close up. Is your mouth watering yet?


While I made and baked the Challah bread the kids were working hard at making their own gingerbread house. We were kind of dissapointed that the house was already stuck together and too hard. They did enjoy the candy and the frosting. I am sure that they all licked their fingers at least a dozen times. This is how it looked when they ran out of candy. :)



Needless to say, we do enjoy making and baking to let all of our friends and neighbors know how much we love having them in our lives. To all of you we wish you the happiest of Christmases. May the memories you make this year be some that you remember in years to come. The Hamberlin's love you. :)