Egg Bread Recipes

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Challah I

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Traditional egg bread for the Jewish Sabbath. You can add 1 cup raisins or golden raisins to the dough just before shaping and then make the loafs into round braids for Rosh Hashanah.

By Joan Callaway

A fresh brioche can be served with jelly or other preserves to accompany tea or coffee, or with pate or hors d'oeuvre. The tops of the small ones can easily be pulled away, giving space for a sweet or savory filling. Brioche dough can also be used for wrapping other ingredients such as beef for boeuf-en-croute, a salmon filling for a koulibiaca, or a spicy garlic sausage.

By MC

Bread Machine Challah II

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Absolutely delicious. I have a two pound bread machine and use it to make the Challah dough. It freezes well.

By MARYLYN PISSERI

A Number One Egg Bread

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This makes all other egg breads look weak. I learned the recipe from two older ladies in Hawaii. This makes the best bread pudding and french toast imaginable. Try cutting it in chunks and dipping it in fondue---WOW!

By Kevin Ryan

Bread Machine Challah I

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Easy recipe for challah or egg bread using a bread machine. I use the light setting on my bread machine.

By Suzy

Easy Challah Bread

A six-ingredient, simple recipe for Challah bread.

By copetenn

Potica

This is a wonderful bread from Slovenia with a sweet, nutty filling. Due to the spelling and pronunciation (paw-tee'-tzah) it's very hard to find the recipe.

By Vicky Bryant

Sweet Challah

This is a sweet bread that is really easy to make. It is so good that a 30-year-old man who was a guest at my Shabbat Table actually giggled when he ate it. The doughier you want the bread to be, the shorter you should bake it.

By SuperRebbetzin

Cheese Babka

Polish cheese babka like my grandmother served every Easter.

By KRISTINALANGER

Irresistible Whole Wheat Challah

Warm and light, fresh out of the oven with butter and salt sprinkled on top, it is a delicious gift or dessert for any occasion. Best with whole wheat, but just white flour or a mixture works. It is easy and fun, but takes all day. Trust me, it is so worth it!

By HopelessFanatic

Basic Babka

This Jewish treat is a hybrid of sweet roll, swirl bread, and coffee cake. It's a sweet yeast dough that you roll out, fill, and roll up like a jelly roll, then cut, twist, and bake in a loaf pan. Don't worry: It looks fancy (and it IS a little messy), but it's seriously easy to do. And once you get the dough down, you can try it with other fillings.

By Nicholio

Most Amazing Challah

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I made up my own Challah that is amazing! I have tried countless combinations to finally get it right. It uses quick rise yeast to save you a bunch of time. Enjoy!

By Palsar7

Inspiration and Ideas

Braided Egg Bread

"This had the flavor I was looking for along with a wonderful texture. I made 1/4 of the recipe and shaped it differently, just for a change of pace." – Deb C

Basic Babka

This version has a cinnamon-walnut filling.

Sy's Challah

Pumpkin Brioche

Hanukkah Brunch Recipes

Chocolate Babka

Paska Bread

This traditional Polish egg bread is wonderfully light with a slightly sweet flavor.

More Egg Bread Recipes

Miriam's Not-So-Secret Challah

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A surprisingly sweet, yet light, challah that makes any night special. Feel free to knead some raisins into the dough if you like.

By MIRIAM571

Decadent Challah Bread

This recipe is for a decadent, rich Challah bread. No matter who I serve this to, everyone hails it the best Challah they've tasted. Makes 2 large loaves.

By Anonymous

Sy's Challah

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Virtually fail-proof recipe designed for ease of preparation and maximum flavor. NOT sweet, but may be sweetened by using 1/2 cup sugar instead of 1/4 cup.

By Sy Dolnick

Shabbat Challah

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My Shabbat Challah is something out of this world. I made it up on my own, because the ones I tasted, I just didn't like. Try it you will love it!! This can make 6 regular sized loaves, or two large braided loaves.

By NUNU123182

Polish Egg Bread

This recipe came from a friend and it is fantastic. I was in Poland in August and enjoyed the bread there so I was glad when I received this recipe. Everyone asks me for the recipe.

By BOBBIELLEN1

Challah II

This recipe is a sweeter version of the classic challah. It was given to me by a friend.

By Rivka

French Brioche

A rich eggy bread, made easier by preparing the dough in the bread machine.

By Linda

Portuguese Sweet Bread IV

This is an original recipe for Massa Savada. It's from my Portuguese Grandmother 'Vova' who was from Sao Miguel in the Azores. This recipe is very large; you may want to divide it in half.

By J. Pacheco

Everything Challah

Challah is traditionally eaten on the Jewish Sabbath (Shabbos). This is not your average challah recipe. It is a twist on my trusty old water challah recipe (which even water-challah-phobics have loved), and has some of the taste of an everything bagel. It's really something else. Enjoy! This challah freezes extremely well after baking, just defrost in a ziplock bag with the zipper open. I always freeze it, even what I bake on Thursday nights for use on Friday! It preserves the freshness so well.

By twkitchen

Babka I

Traditional Polish Easter bread. Serve as a coffee cake for breakfast or with tea. The recipe makes 3 large loaves.

By JJOHN32

Bread Machine Challah for Shabbat and Festivals

A perfect recipe for arthritic hands that can't knead dough easily anymore! Recipe is written for a bread machine that makes 1.5 pound (700 gram) loaves. NOTE: Do NOT bake this dough in the machine. Use only the dough/pasta setting. There is too much fully-risen dough for the machine to accommodate.

By Tzipporah Hoffmitz

English Saffron Bread

The exotic scents of saffron and lemon will fill your kitchen when you bake this beautiful braided bread.

By GODGIFU

Walnut Poteca

This recipe is time consuming to make, but worth the effort. The rolls freeze well when wrapped securely with foil. You will have enough to feed an Army, but it will disappear quickly!

By Arlene

Spelt Flour Bread Machine Challah

I got a challah recipe from my husband and tweaked it to use spelt flour. This recipe makes a beautiful 2-pound braided challah. I like to divide the dough in 3; make two loaves and one little roll. I like to try different toppings each time I make this recipe, such as sesame seeds, dried onion flakes, granulated garlic, kosher salt, or flax seeds.

By LORIBARRY

Italian Christmas Bread with Eggnog Glaze

My husband fondly recalls the Anise Bread that his Italian grandmother used to make during the holidays. She evidently never had a recipe (and never used a bread machine!) so this is what I came up with for a quick, special Christmas bread. This rich bread has a wonderful aroma while baking.

By Nancy Ann R.

Pumpkin Brioche

This bread is so good and perfect for the holidays.

By apurpleocean

Chef John's Easter Bread

If you were lucky enough to grow up in an Italian-American home, there's a good chance you got to enjoy the smell of freshly baked Easter bread, with its unmistakable anisette aroma filling the air. This loaf of Easter bread is one of my favorite holiday traditions, and an authentic family heirloom recipe; made the same way as my mother, and her mother, and her mother's mother made it. I hope you give this a try, and remember, it's never too late to start an old family tradition. Frost with pink icing and top with sprinkles!

By Chef John

Hunza Bread II

Hunza bread refers to a Hungarian sweet bread filled with golden raisins. This is a simple version that's made by hand.

By MARBALET

Olga's Potica

An incredible sweet and yummy Slovenian treat. This recipe was handed down from my great aunt Olga. This recipe can use anywhere from 1 to 2 cups of raisins, the amount is purely up to your taste.

By Ann

Babka III

Babka is a rich yeast-raised cake bread. A successful babka, the pride of every Polish/Ukrainian homemaker, is rich, tender, fine-textured, and very light. Traditionally, this bread is baked in tall round baking pans. Coffee cans can be lined with baking parchment and used instead.

By Valinda

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