Challah! Food For The Soul

I was trying to decide what I should write about in my first blog entry and settled on one thing I've gotten down as close to perfection as possible, my Challah.  Every Friday, I make two loaves.  It's become a ritual.  I feel satisfied watching friends and family enjoy my bready creation.  But I will say, I also have a spiritual connection to making Challah.  Challah is a symbol for sustenance.  So baking it in my home I am drawing down that energy for my family and all those who eat it.  Cool huh?  Eat and get rich!  Just kidding...sort of.  Have you ever seen that movie, "Like Water For Chocolate"?  What I am talking about is similar to the concept of this movie.  The main girl in the film is responsible for all the cooking and every emotion she feels while cooking gets transfered into the food and the people who eat it.  I am not that powerful of an emotional tranferer (I tend to make up words sometimes to help me describe things..fyi) but I do keep in mind what I am thinking about while I'm kneading away and also say special prayers while kneading away. 

It took a while to find this perfect Challah recipe. A long process of trial and error.  Ask my husband, he will tell you, he had to eat them.  Then finally, one day, I hit the Challah jackpot and came across a super yummy recipe on food.com.  I made a few of my own adjustments. One would be that I use 5 c. of whole wheat flour and 2 c. of white flour as apposed to all white flour and the second is that  I also make sure my water for activating the yeast is pretty hot and not lukewarm.  So for all you lucky readers and inspired bakers out there, here is a link to the Famous Challah recipe for your baking enjoyment!


Challah!!!