Challah Hooray, sort of

[donutsweeper]

So I made challahs again today.  This time I took photos of them before going in the oven in case the cooking erased all trace of the braiding effect like it did last time.  I took the suggestions from the thread I posted earlier and put the bread in a hotter oven (400) for 5 minutes before lowering the temp to its normal baking temp.  It worked, to some extent.
as dough (all three loaves this time- one in a traditional 3 braid, the others in a 4 braid)
and


as bread (also all three)

and

the first in the photo didn't have as distinct braiding pattern as I would have liked, but the other 4 braid came out beautifully and the traditional one is pretty good too.  So I'm going to wrap them up and freeze them for next friday!

Comments

Rock on, baker

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Woo! Those look beautiful! Thanks for posting the pictures.

I've been really wanting to try that six-strand technique since you showed it to me. Hmm, maybe this weekend in my mom's kitchen, where there's actually space to work...

Re: Rock on, baker

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

I debated doing the six- I've done it before and the loaves do come out beautiful. I do recommend doing a 6 strand test run with yarn or socks or something first.

Re: Rock on, baker

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

If I manage to braid six tube socks I will definitely post a picture! :)

Re: Rock on, baker

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I bet you can do it! :)