While you’re kneading your dough, get the kids involved and let them make their own challah creations from “The Kids Book of Challah.” Earlier today, I introduced you to my new book, “The Kids Book of Challah.” And while there’s a huge variety of challah-related recipes kids can make in the book, one of the…
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A Guide to Frozen Challah Dough
Fridays are getting shorter and you might move your challah-making to a different day–but you still want to bake fresh challos. A while back, we shared some hacks on how to make store-bought challahs look like your own. Some supermarkets sell pre-braided frozen raw challahs in pans on Thursdays and Fridays and they’re a great…
How to Crisp Up That Baguette or Sourdough Bread
Nothing beats a fresh loaf. But when you have one left over, you can easily make it *almost* fresh again. Do you sometimes have leftover loaves that don’t seem quite as exciting the next day? Or do you like to shop/bake ahead of time and by the time you want to serve the bread, it’s…
The Perfect Shalosh Seudos: An Avocado Toast Bar
Do you want a special meal without extra advance prep? Serve delicious avocado toast for seudah shelishit. Back in the wintertime, when Shabbat was short and it was very, very hard to get down 2 ounces of bread come seudah shelishit time, I shared with my Whisk readers that I realized something had to change….
A Sourdough Guide For Beginners. Part 2: Baking Bread
Once you have that starter, it’s time to start making bread. For information on the equipment and ingredients you need to get started, and step by step instructions on making a starter, see part 1 of this post over here. Preparing your dough to bake: Weigh out 100 grams of starter Add 375 grams of…
A Sourdough Guide For Beginners. Part 1: Getting “Started”
Get all the equipment and ingredients you need to make sourdough onhand–and get that starter going. [Note from BCP: We’ve had requests from readers over the years to share some sourdough tips, but honestly, it was never something that was in our repertoires. After all, sourdough seems to be anything but 1-2-3 and BCP. But,…
Move Over Avocado Toast. Tomato and Ricotta Cheese Toast Is Perfect for Your Picnic
It’s super simple to prepare, tastes gourmet, and unlike avocado, you can take it along and it won’t go brown. The base of your toasts should be some good quality fresh bread (the parbaked French baguettes from the freezer section are also good). View the full summer worthy picnic in this post. Since the ingredients…
Make Sina Mizrahi’s Jerusalem Bagel from Her Brand New Book, Good Food!
A cup of coffee, some spreads, and a fresh, hot Jerusalem bagel just might be perfect for tonight. First, a note from us at BCP before we move onto sharing Sina’s recipe for a Jerusalem Bagel from her new, gorgeous book, Good Food. Many of us have known Sina for quite a few years and…
A Simple Mini Baguette, A Napkin, Some Rosemary, And Voila, Your Table Is Transformed
Here it’s the small things, that make all the difference. When Shiffy showed up with some baguettes and fresh rosemary sprigs to add some pizzazz to the barbecue we showed you last night, we knew things were gonna be delicious. Then, we found out, things were going to be delicious, pretty, and easy! All you…
Back To Challah Baking: Which One Is Our Go-To?
This is a conversation between the 5 of us (see what we did there?) and what we bake for our family. And it’s not just about challah. We are used to thinking in advance. So you’d think it’s natural for us to think about baking challah while we are here frying crepes and baking Pesach…
