Comments on: six strand braiding

By: Rosh Hashana Challah | The Kosher Foodies

Rosh Hashana Challah | The Kosher Foodies — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:21:27 +0000

[...] down the dough and shape it. I made a 6-strand braid and pinched the ends together. But if you want to try this way, it looks really pretty! Proof the [...]

By: Swathi

Swathi — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:33:58 +0000

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By: Rosh Hashana Challah « Kosher Foodies

Rosh Hashana Challah « Kosher Foodies — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:20:07 +0000

[...] down the dough and shape it. I made a 6-strand braid and pinched the ends together. But if you want to try this way, it looks really pretty! Proof the [...]

By: CAM

CAM — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:38:51 +0000

Here’s a YouTube video: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=22p3wIHLupc You could even embed this into your blog posts. Or make your own You Tube video! I see there are a few youtube videos on this subject.

Thanks for posting the link to this video, CAM. After watching it, we’re thinking seriously about making our own YouTube video of 6-strand braiding because I think my two hand method is clearer. -Elizabeth

P.S. Did you see the 5-strand braiding video in the related subjects on the linked YouTube page? Very cool and REALLY easy looking.

By: Jude

Jude — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:05:03 +0000

That is so intimidating... I've made a 6-braid but it's really just 2 triples on top of each other. Does that count? But, but, it's not at all meant to be intimidating, Jude! It's actually quite easy once you know how. The 6-strand does end up looking like 2 triples on top of each other, but the beauty of it is that the top one doesn't want to shift around as the bread rises. -Elizabeth

By: Navita

Navita — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:47:32 +0000

U r an artist Eliz (if I may call u that..)…wonderful braided bread…love ur challahs…and I guess the bug has bitten me again…will have to try this one…n as u said..even if the braid doesn’t come out fine..the bread still tastes gr8!

thanks for stopping by n u have an amazing place.:) don’t be a stranger anymore.

Thank you Navita. That’s kind of you to say. When you make the challah, do let me know how it turns out! -Elizabeth

By: ejm

ejm — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:15:24 +0000

Thank you, Katie, I must admit that I’m pretty impressed with myself too. (And our Christmas tree was lovely, although there are SO many decorations on it all the time that the 6 strand braids weren’t easily seen. )

No, really, CAM, 6 strand braiding is easy!! (So happy to hear that your vinarterta turned out well, and that those instructions at least were clear.) But I see you’re not alone in having difficulty with my instructions for the 6 strand braiding. Stefanie (Hefe und Mehr) had troubles too and ended up looking at the taunton.com/finecooking video that is linked in the post to understand. As Stefanie said,

Für alle, die jetzt so verwirrt gucken wie ich beim ersten Mal: Video anschauen. Das erklärt mehr als tausend Worte.

- excerpt from Hefe und Mehr: 6-strängiger Zopf

translation: For those who are now as confused as I was the first time: Watch the video. This explains more than a thousand words.

(thanks to Google translation service)

And she’s right!! I had hoped my diagram would replace the thousand words but still, I’m very happy to have clarified the technique for myself.

The interesting thing that Stefanie noted is that in the end, the bread looks like it has two braids on top of each other. The braids that were on our Christmas tree were more like chains – they were completely round.

Hmmmm, I wonder if there is a way to bake the bread in an upright position so that the chain retains its round shape.

-Elizabeth

Repeat til finished and tuck ends under.