October 11, 2011 - 11:40am
Challah-du-jour from Stan and Norm's Honey Whole Wheat Challah recipe
This is Stan & Norm's Honey Whole Wheat Challah except that I found I didn't have whole wheat after I'd already mixed the wet ingredients -- so it's made with NYB Farine de Compagne, which should taste really good when they are cool enough to slice open! When I do, I'll add a crumb shot.
My loaves are a little smaller than the recipe because I started with 3 eggs (150g) and then did the math to scale everything else accordingly. (I love baker's percentages!) They are decorated with alternating black sesame, toasted sesame, and kosher salt.
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The bread tastes WONDERFUL! I like it made with the Farine de Compagne even better than the 1/2 whole wheat -- which I've already made a couple times because Stan sent me the page proofs to do the index so I've been using his recipes already. This makes it a very tender bread -- almost like a Vienna but with that wonderfully eggy challah crust.
Crumb shot taken while still slightly warm since a neighbor dropped by and took 1/2 a loaf -- bread and bolognese sauce from me as deposit for his pies during sweet potato season! Because of this, you can see a little "knife drag."
They look so good, am looking forward to my copy of the book which should arrive soon I hope! I ordered mine from the local bookstore in support of small business in the community, and of course that means I have to wait on shipping and the release of the books etc.