For novice challah makers, the braid can seem like the hardest part of the bread recipe. Follow these simple steps to make a six-strand challah round. Scroll all the way down for a how-to video on the ...

The following video from CookKosher.com demonstrates how to braid a round challah for Rosh Hashanah. Three techniques are shown, a six-braid, four-braid and no-braid, using any basic challah dough.

Challah is a rich, eggy bread baked every week for the Jewish sabbath, or shabbat. But for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year that starts tomorrow at sundown, it gets a few tweaks. There's a little ...

Easter morning wouldn’t be complete for many ethnic groups without a golden braided loaf of Easter bread on the table. Here, Greek Easter bread made by Vasiliki "Vicki" Filippousis of Akron, center, ...

Cherry pletyonka might be the best way to try your hand at ‘braiding’ pastry. So-called ’braided pastry’ has always had a central place in Russian cuisine. My grandmother remembers her mother often ...