Catholic girl goes to Rabbi G's house to make challah 

Since my sister passed I'm on a mission.

I started with exercise and hiking but that

lead me to making changes in myself.

I've cared for someone dying for more than a year but

the climb to heaven has taught me so much about love.

Glioblastoma is a nasty diagnosis, I am creating new

what I learned a gift to you all.

Here's the recipe and videos about the evening shared with 

thirty orthodox and reformed Jewish women. I hope you

practice making this rather easy bread as a gift to those

you love. Once you get the texture down, it's simple.

·     1½ packages active dry yeast (about 3½teaspoons)

·     1 tablespoon plus ½ cup sugar

·     ½cup vegetable oil, more for greasing bowl

·     5 large eggs

·     1 tablespoon salt

·     8 to 8½cups all-purpose flour

·     Sesame seeds forsprinkling

·     Parchment paper

·     Cooking spray

·     Your largest bowl

·     Clean hands no gloves

Dissolve yeast and 1 tablespoon sugar in1¾ cups lukewarm water in the big bowl

Whisk oil into yeast, slowly beat in 4eggs, with remaining sugar and salt. Gradually add flour by then handful. Useboth hands gently.  When dough holdstogether, it is ready for kneading.

Turn dough onto a floured surface andknead until smooth. Clean out bowl and grease with spray, then return dough tobowl.  The amount of flour may vary withthe relative humidity in your kitchen. Getting the feel right is practice.

Cover with plastic wrap, and let rise ina warm place for 1 hour, until almost doubled in size.

Punch down dough, cover and let riseagain in a warm place for another half-hour.

Divide dough in half and then take a handful ball from eachhalf. You will have about 38% in each large ball and 7% in the two smallerbaseballs.

See video how to punch down one large ball into a discshape and then cut the sides like a flower into 18 sections – watch her count.Then fold in every third to the center and repeat. The baseball goes in thecenter. The bread will be in the shape of the Star of David but when it bakesit will become round like a crown. Some cultures hide an egg under the ball,add hidden currents or surprises.

Remaining egg wash brushes over and sprinkle with sesameseeds

375 preheated oven

Bake on cookie tray forabout 30- 42 minutes until golden brown

If you want all the loafto be even brown color at 25 minutes you may add a little egg wash into the valleysand sprinkle more seeds but do it fast and on the rack in the oven (wear mitts)

Your kitchen will fillwith warm bread perfume.