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donutsweeper ([personal profile] donutsweeper) wrote2008-10-29 07:24 pm
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Challah Hooray, sort of

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!

[identity profile] phoenix64.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
They look wonderful!

[identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
*bounces* thank you! My last attempts came out weird looking so I'm glad it worked this time!