Here's an oft-used tip when baking bread (or casseroles or coffeecake or cinnamon rolls...):

When the thing that's baking is getting dark on top, but isn't fully cooked on the inside yet, make a loose tent from foil and place on top of the item. It'll finish baking without burning! :)

I use this trick almost every time I bake bread, for the final 5-10 minutes of baking. And I always do it for challah (above) which would probably be charred otherwise! ;)

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