Good morning!

For those who celebrate today, Happy Holidays!  This morning I got up early and prepared traditional challahs, using recipe with sourdough starter and yeast in dough, developed by Rose Levy Beranbaum. The recipe is published onlne in Rose's blog:

 http://www.realbakingwithrose.com/2006/03/my_new_favorite_traditional_ch.html [1]

Braided challah

 Round pull-apart challah

I used some challah dough to bake poppy seed buns. By now, there are almost none left. I took them to my dentist's office and they liked them there. : )

Many thanks to L_M for suggestion and advice and to Rose Levy Beranbaum for the recipe.

mariana