happy or sad?

My girlfriend Stephanie can never remember if Rosh Hashanah is the happy holiday or the sad one? I remind her it's Jewish New Year. It's the happy one! Next week, we atone.

This week, we eat apples and challah dipped in honey. Challah is a super tasty Jewish egg bread, a cousin to brioche. Sorry to boast (I'll atone for it next week), but this Methodist can make a mean challah. If you want to make challah with me on Thursday, pick these things up from the grocery today.

1. 2 packages of active dry yeast
2. 1/2 cup sugar or honey
3. 6 cups unbleached all purpose or bread flour
4. 4 eggs
5. 1 stick butter
6. golden raisins, optional

I'm going to attempt to video the bread making process on Thursday and post it via youtube.

If I can't pull it off by myself, I'll either:

A. pull my kids out of school for the day so they can help me

OR

B. take step by step photographs

I suppose B. is more responsible.

Come back tomorrow for bread class!