Tammy's Recipes

This week's featured recipe: Sweet, soft, delicious Challah! Our challah recipe was passed to us from Joshua's pastor/mentor's wife, Lynn E. I've been making it since the first Friday after we were married... I remember calling Lynn that morning and asking for her recipe. ;)

Challah is a delightful bread, and sweet, to remind us of the sweetness of the Sabbath day of rest. We pull pieces from the braid, and put butter on them.

Another tradition is to sprinkle salt on the piece of challah before eating it, to remind us of the sweat of the week's work. I think challah actually tastes good with a little salt. ;)

Last week, Kathleen B. commented,

I also made ... your challah, Tammy. The dough tastes great and I'm sure the bread will too! Do you make it every Friday? And where did you find that lovely cloth in the photo?

The challah cover in the photo (see the recipe) was a wedding gift from the pastor who performed our wedding ceremony. :)

I don't make challah every Friday. We get tired of it if we have it that often, especially if I make an entire batch (two large loaves!). We do love it, though, and have it frequently. Sometimes I make half the recipe. It's a special Sabbath treat! :)