Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful moms who visit here! :)

I celebrated by going to bed early last night. ;) As soon as I got up this morning, I mixed up two big loaves of challah. We headed out the door shortly before noon to go to my grandmother's house (with the fresh loaves of bread!) to eat and visit with relatives.

Yehoshua and Eliyahu (and the rest of us, too!) came home exhausted! After a quick snack-y supper, we brushed teeth and got ready for bed. :)

Tomorrow is going to be another catch-up day for me. Laundry, cleaning, thank-you notes... :)

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TAMMY,HAPPY MOTHERS DAY FROM

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-05-12 00:39.

TAMMY,HAPPY MOTHERS DAY FROM OREGON ,RENA

Happy Mum's Day!

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-05-12 01:25.

Hey Tammy,

I've been lurking around your blog in search of inspiration for a while now, and just want you to know how absolutely wonderful your ideas are!

I made an Overnight French Toast based very vaguely on your recipe, (and on what ingredients I have). It didn't turn out as pretty as yours but hey, my husband cleaned it up, so that's good!

Thank you, and above all else, Happy Mother's Day to you ;)

challah

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-05-12 03:23.

Tammy -

do you know if it is possible to make this in the bread maker?

Just wondered as I'm not sure about my skills in kneading dough:-)

Kneading challah in the bread machine

Submitted by Tammy on Tue, 2008-05-13 22:18.

I have used my bread machine to knead the challah.

Here's the deal: the challah recipe makes quite a bit of bread (2 large loaves). My bread machine is big enough to let the dough rise for 1 loaf, but not 2. So if I mix up the dough in there (for 2 loaves) I take it out as soon as it's kneaded and let it do the first rise in a large bowl. (Otherwise, the machine will overflow as the dough rises.)

I had also halved the recipe, and then I can let the dough rise in there for the first rise.

As someone else mentioned here, it does take more than 5 cups of flour. That's the starting amount -- you'll have to add more like 8-9 cups I think, total. You can add extras to the bread machine as it's kneading, if it looks too sticky still.

I think I read in the instructions for my bread machine that it can knead up to 10 cups of all-purpose flour, or up to 6 cups of whole wheat flour. At any rate, it does the challah recipe just fine, even though it's quite a bit of dough! :)

Yes

Submitted by Mrs. Paradis on Mon, 2008-05-12 07:53.

Happy Mother's Day to you too!

To you also!

Submitted by Michelle-Lea on Mon, 2008-05-12 08:05.

I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day also! :)

My bread machine can handle

Submitted by mama on Mon, 2008-05-12 14:07.

My bread machine can handle up to 6 cups of flour so I think I'll be trying this recipe in the breadmachine on the dough cycle. I'll let you know how that turns out!
mama

I make mine in the

Submitted by ShannonLynn on Mon, 2008-05-12 18:02.

I make mine in the breadmachine. Just make sure you keep an eye on it as it will require quite a bit more flour then the 5 cups.

I've yet to try Challah...

Submitted by joyfullyhis on Tue, 2008-05-13 13:01.

I've yet to try Challah... but every time you post a picture of it, it makes me want to try it and I'm thinking that I WILL this week. :)
I'm also trying a rye sourdough starter this week- tomorrow I can use it!