Today I spent the day with a girlfriend who had just returned from several months in Namibia. After exchanging stories, we decided to get down to business and complete our challenge for the day: baking challah bread.
Challah bread is a delicious, eggy bread, similar to brioche, that is traditionally eaten on the Sabbath. It is absolutely delicious eaten plain, dipped in honey, doused in olive oil and balsamic vinegar, slathered in butter, or even as a sandwich bread. In other words, it is incredibly versatile.
We used this basic recipe from Allrecipes.com (always a winner): http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/challah-i/Detail.aspx. The only things I'd suggest would be to use one extra yolk to give it an extra eggy taste, and to use more honey than the 1/4 cup required by the standard recipe. You can also add raisins or poppyseed into the mix if that's your thing. I'm kind of a purist.
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