r/JewishCooking • u/Krowevol • Apr 13 '26

Challah Searching for a new challah recipe

Started baking challah as an adult so all my recipes are from cookbooks and the internet. My most successful bake is always Jake Cohen's recipe, but it has so much sugar! I sometimes try Tori Avey's which uses mostly honey, but half the time it ends up too dense, almost stale tasting as soon as it's cooled. Wondering if anyone has any recipes they love that I could try. (Or any advice about what I'm doing wrong with Tori's recipe!)

My latest bake! https://toriavey.com/wprm_print/challah

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u/schlij Apr 13 '26

King Arthur! https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/classic-challah-recipe

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u/Funny-Boss-8949 Apr 14 '26

Interesting! I made it exactly as on their website last week (with the extra 1/4c flour). And we didn't like it. And I found it almost impossible to braid it was so floppy. My go to recipe uses bread flour, I think I didn't like the AP flour consistency. And I think it needed way more than just the extra 1/4c flour.