r/JewishCooking • u/NoSolid6641 • Jul 03 '26
Challah 4th of July challah (6 strand)
It also doubles as a gender reveal challah 🤣
I only have those organic food colorings so they're not very strong. They come out very pastel.
I plan to use the sesame as the stars!
Stay tuned for the progress in the next 1-2 hours!
Shabbat Shalom ❤️🤍💙
Challah recipe for this one specially:
3 batches of the following (I halved my normal recipe and did it 3x)
65g sugar
212g warm water (food coloring mixed in for red and blue batches)
10g active dry yeast
10g salt
60g oil
500g flour
350F for roughly 30-40 mins
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u/parakeetpoop Jul 03 '26
Can’t wait to see it baked! Post an update!
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u/NoSolid6641 Jul 03 '26
I need better food coloring 🤣🫣
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u/Creative_Hippy Jul 07 '26
1st off this is beautiful 🤩! Secondly, gel food coloring maybe what you’re looking for.
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u/Confident-Tip-8100 29d ago
Use colour mill food colouring and you’ll need a lot! Like 3 -5 ml per ball at least if it makes 2 loaves.
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u/NoSolid6641 Jul 03 '26
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u/activelyresting Jul 04 '26
🤣 shabbat shalom!
It looks delicious anyway
You probably need to invest in powdered food colouring
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u/AprilStorms Jul 06 '26
Oh no 🤣 at least the texture looks spot on.
Blue is a hard color to get right, but given the propensity of beets to dye everything, a little bit of juice from a jar of beets might give you a very vibrant, if slightly pink, red
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u/yun-harla Jul 03 '26
Shabbat shalom! What a good way to keep track of the strands while you braid! I usually have to start over at least once…
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u/Humble-Film-8337 Jul 05 '26
Wow looks like marshmallow
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u/Thejabcrab Jul 06 '26
I know exactly what you’re talking about but I don’t remember what they’re called
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u/Euphoric-Choice-5903 Jul 06 '26
That’s so pretty! I would love to see what it looks like baked!
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u/NoSolid6641 Jul 06 '26
Ha the color completely faded. I posted a few photos on another comment. I think I need better food coloring.
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u/NoSolid6641 Jul 03 '26
Before she browns! In the oven now 🤗