Cranberry Challah

I finally got the Whole Grain Cranberry Challah made today. I only made half the recipe. It seemed to me the dough was a little dry. Or maybe I should say drier than the usual no knead Master dough.

Since my husband isn't a big fan of whole wheat breads anyway, I used more AP unbleached flour than whole wheat (flipped it from the recipe). That could have been part of the reason for drier dough. Some flours need more or less water. I also, decided to throw in a half cup of chopped walnuts and leave off the orange in the topping.

I've never made a braided bread before so I opted for the simple 3 strand braid. Unbelievably, it was very simple and easy to do. Hooray for YouTube videos. The tips from the HBin5 also was good for the description even without a video.

It looks great and tastes good........although this really isn't a sweet bread. If you toast it, butter it and put a little honey or preserves for breakfast...YUM!

I think I might make a roll with a filling with the rest of the dough tomorrow or Friday.

French Bread

Finally, got a chance to make the HealthyBread in Five Master bread dough. I decided to make French baguettes with my new Chicago Cutlery perforated baguette pan.

My results look okay here...but they sure aren't very large like the pan could hold.
In my case with only the two of us here...that is a good thing.

That butter is all ready to be used after I wait a time for the loaf to cool down.