We had a houseful of people for Thanksgiving, so my bread plan had to span a few days. On Thanksgiving Eve I made two loaves of challah bread – one for surf & turf dinner that night and the other for French Toast the morning after Thanksgiving. Back in January I did a bake-off...

Loaves 12 and 13 were both challah breads made from different recipes. Loaf 12 was from Peter Reinhart’s Artisan Breads Every Day book, and Loaf 13 was from Williams-Sonoma Collection: Bread. I’ve made the W-S challah quite a few times, and this was my first time making the...

The second loaf of challah I am making for my “Recipe Bake-Off” is from the Williams-Sonoma Bread book. I’ve had this book for a long time and bake a few things regularly from it, challah being one of them. It’s become a tradition around Christmas for us (what?!). This...

I’m making two different versions of challah bread this weekend in my own “Recipe Bake-Off.” This version is from Peter Reinhart’s Artisan Breads Every Day book. The dough is mixed, then does a slow fermentation overnight in the fridge. The next day it is shaped and...