Challah

January 2019 King Arthur Bake Along was Challah Bread.  I had a lot of trouble getting it to rise, but it may have been the way I combined the ingredients.  I used regular yeast instead of instant yeast.  I'm going to try again with the correct yeast and see if it rises more. 



My family still loved it though, and it was perfect with beef stew on a cold, snowy day.


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