Learn how to make Homemade Challah Bread. This easy-to-make version of the traditional Jewish bread is soft and sweet and perfect for eating plain or serving up as the most amazing french toast.
Challah is one of my favorite breads to make. It’s soft and delicious and makes french toast that is absolutely out of this world! People not familiar with the bread often wonder how to pronounce it. Let’s just say that chants of “holla!” ring through our halls when I’m making it. It is an easy bread to make, but it ends up looking so fancy when it is braided. I love eating this up plain, with soup, and we have spoiled ourselves silly by making the most amazing french toast out of this challah. Seriously, homemade challah makes the best french toast. You should try it!
You can always do a regular 3 strand braid, but if you want it to really look great, watch my video for how to make a 6 stranded braid just below the recipe. Once you figure out the pattern, it’s totally easy and you can create a truly beautiful and impressive loaf.
Watch the video where I walk you through every step of making this bread. Not only will you learn the correct pronunciation, you’ll also get the visual on how to do that tricky 6 stranded braid.
What type of flour should I be using ?
All purpose or bread flour.
I am trying your homemade challah bread recipe. I was wondering why the yeast does not have to rise? Your directions say to combine everything and add flour. Is this correct? Thank you.
The recipe calls for instant dry yeast which doesn’t require any proofing.
Sorry…please revise from previous post as it posted before I was ready to send but this by far is the BEST bread recipe I have ever made and I have tried my fair share to obtain the greatest bread recipe. This is where it stops! Thanks for sharing. Once you try this, it will be the last bread recipe you look for. Easy and delicious!
can this be mixed by hand? I don’t have a stand mixer.
Yes it can!
Hi is this self raising flour or plain flour?
It is plain flour or bread flour because you don’t use sr flour in yeast bread
Yes this is very nice Shabbat bread. I like very muh
I would really like to make this bread but, at the moment, I don’t have honey in the house. Will it work if I substitute it with sugar or brown sugar? Thank you!
You can substitute sugar, but honey is a main component in Challah. It provides the distinctive taste that sugar just can’t replicate.
Thank you very much! I will wait for the honey, then. Thanks for all the great recipes you share with us! 🙂
I love homemade bread. This looks so delicious!
I tried to make a 6-stranded challah once before and failed – I'm just no good at following the written directions. Now I'll have to try again with your video – what a find!
did it work ?
This looks so delicious! You can't beat freshly baked bread 🙂