Challah After Shabbat

What to do with Challah after Shabbat?  Time to work, Shabbat is over and we need to give new life to the almost stale bread.

Each week, I try to make time to bake challah. Each recipe makes quite a bit of challah, so sometimes I end up with 'extra' which means that it is no longer the super moist tasty bread to just eat, but we need to make it into something more special.  For example, I can make bread pudding, regular toast, french toast or croutons out of it.


 So today I am making French Toast.

Whip up the eggs, cinnamon, milk or oj, etc. Then fry it up in my cast iron skillet. Simple and delicious. 

What do YOU put on your french toast?
I grew up with Log Cabin Syrup or powdered sugar. One grandmother would always use jam.  The other grandmother would serve it with molasses for my grandfather. My dad only rarely eats it, but if he did, it would be with salt. So how do I usually eat mine? Either plain, hot straight from the pan, or with fresh berries with yogurt, or real maple syrup.

No matter who makes french toast, it's always different.
And each of my challah recipes I have tried come ut a little different too, so my french toast also can vary.

Viola Challah!

Another book I had read about on line was  A Taste of Challah Tamar Asch. In search for the right challah recipe, I figured no better than this guide book on how to make Challah.

So again, I checked the worldcat.org website and found that no library nearby had this book. Bah! But when I spoke to the librarian she said that I could put in a request to order a book.

I was amazed, I had no idea that this was how the books got onto the shelves. So a few weeks later, I was the first one to check out this brand new book. I realized I had better keep it clean because it was so new.
I'm always very careful with the cookbooks, but sometimes a little flour does get in them. Anyhow, I used this book for weeks, months... and each time I baked Challah it came out great, however, it was such a struggle...

The recipe was for many many many loaves, so I would try to half the recipe, but it kinda complicated. Eventually I moved on to trying other recipes...

But, this book is an excellent educational book on Challah and other jewish breads, such as pita. It also goes into the Jewish traditions with baking challah.

A little side note, about 18 months ago when I was in Israel at a bookstore that my cousin wanted to stop in, I found this exact same Challah book on display. I felt so connected! Thousands of miles away, and the same book available for baking challah.