Brioche Becomes Challah

Updated on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 5:58PM by motherwouldknow

I am not much of a bread baker.  Though I love kneading dough, overall bread making does not thrill me the way other types of baking and cooking do.  Plus, I’ve had more than my share of not-quite-successful bread escapades, such as the time I substituted buckwheat for white flour.  So, when I saw that this month’s Avid Baker’s Challenge was Abby Dodge’s brioche, I was apprehensive. 

Then I had a brainstorm.  I noticed that the recipe bore a remarkable resemblance to challah, the eggy and slightly sweet bread traditional for the Jewish Shabbat. 

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