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 ...

For many people, a loaf of braided bread is synonymous with Easter. The slightly sweet egg bread is easy to make and versatile. Master baker Punk Egan showed us how to make three kinds of bread from ...

Learn how to make the best challah bread at home with this easy-to-follow recipe. This homemade challah is beautifully braided, soft, and light, with a tender texture and golden crust. If you're not ...

Bread is a weakness of mine. Bread stuffed with sausage and cheese will make your body go weak in the knees. I would pick another piece of bread over dessert any day. Bread is my weakness, and I can’t ...

Over the weekend, things were busy in my home edition of the Foodday Test Kitchen, as I worked on recipes for various upcoming stories, including food features about Easter and Passover. The most time ...

This Easy Braided Pumpkin Bread Recipe is a soft and moist yeast-based pumpkin loaf that is perfect to serve up alongside ...

Thanks to its gorgeous braids, challah looks more complicated than it really is. The trick to keeping this egg-rich Jewish bread manageable is to use an odd number of strands to braid; even numbers ...

Apple butter is essentially caramelized apple sauce — a fruit purée that slow-cooks with water or cider until the apple’s natural sugars turn a dark, toasty brown. The mixture is augmented with baking ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The perfect recipe for spring. This slightly sweet, lemony, and tender braided bread lands somewhere between brioche and challah. Serve the impressive poppy seed-studded loaf with dinner, use it to ...

Thanks to its gorgeous braids, challah looks more complicated than it really is. The trick to keeping this egg-rich Jewish bread manageable is to use an odd number of strands to braid; even numbers ...