Challah Here, Challah There, Challah Piling Everywhere

[gnomi]

Since Muffin and Squeaker were born, I have been making challah every week for Shabbat (once I was no longer pregnant, I could lift my stand mixer onto my counter, and thus there is challah). And since there are only two of us in our household who are eating solid food, this leads to an overabundance of challah. So now the question is, what do I do with the leftover whole loaves of challah. And so I poll:

[Poll #1475346]

(and, yes, I could skip a week and not make challah if I have leftover loaves, but I actually like the ritual of making the challah for Shabbat every week.)

Comments

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Challah fort!

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

Why not bring some to synagogue?

Sigh. Moron forgets that just because he is not shomer-shabbos and carries on the sabbath, doesn't mean that everyone is. StupidStupidStupid.

Fort!

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Actually, we have an eruv, so this is a possibility...

[cellio]

If their congregation has a tradition of providing food for families in need (mourning, sick, etc; I don't just mean poor), extra loaves could make their way to the freezer for that purpose. In fact, this entry reminded me that bread would be a fine thing for me to contribute to my synagogue's freezer along with the soups, quiches, chicken.

[half-double.livejournal.com]

Are there any local shelters or food shelves that would take it?

[jadelennox]

Most shelters only want packaged food, for food safety reasons.

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

You could make bread pudding, which freezes very well, and then have it on hand for nummy desserts when you are having guests and not a lot of time (or, seeing as you have Squeaker and Muffin, when you'd like dessert, since you are actually out of time all the time *grin*)

Or you can hollow them out for dips/soups/chilis as appropriate. Very nom-some and a good way to stretch small amounts of meat/soup further.

You could also cube it all up and put it in a salad with tomatoes and mozerrella cheese and drizzly oil/vinagrette with romaine lettuce and olives and capers and stuff, that is nummy.

I have no idea if meatloaf is kosher, but if it is, I bet challah crumbs would serve nicely as a binder. Also, fish balls/croquettes/etc.

(Bread -- how Cindy stretches EVERYTHING!)

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

For binder in that sentence, pls. read 'filler'. Thanks!

Which reminds me, you could probably make some awesome stuffings too!

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Seconding the bread pudding! Bread pudding was the only dessert I didn't get sick of when I was in culinary school. I even got sick of chocolate, so this should tell you something.

Challah is the wrong flavor to make a tomato bread salad with, trust me on this. It's a rich, eggy bread, and tomato bread salad needs a lean bread.

However, any recipe calling for "brioche" can use challah very happily.

[elul-3.livejournal.com]

I still say toss extra into the freezer. Emergency challot for the one week when you ran out of time, raw ingredient for French toast or bread pudding, on a random other day, or proto-bread crumbs for anything. (We're one month out from Thanksgiving. Surely you're planning to make stuffing!)

[points.livejournal.com]

Hollow them out, challah papoose! Stylish for child carrying, and edible for emergencies.

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

This.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

I like this idea a lot!

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Wish I'd seen this earlier, I would have appeared at your door and asked to take some off your hands! I do have challah for tonight, but I also promised to make French toast on Sunday and I bet there won't be enough left from tonight...

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Theoretically, we might be able to provide with challah on future Fridays, depending...

[aunt-becca.livejournal.com]

put them in the freezer. There's only so many batches of french toast you can make, and you'll have a ton of leftovers that may not get eaten. Also, I like the idea of hollowing out and using them for dips and chili.

[lucretia-borgia.livejournal.com]

There's only so many batches of french toast you can make

Not true! Not true! :->

[pale-chartreuse.livejournal.com]

Cube (let it go stale if you like, fresh or stale works fine) then package up for stuffing mix for turkey or chicken.

Also, bread pudding with chocolate chips!

[lucretia-borgia.livejournal.com]

Um, make less challah? I make three loaves from Dorothy K's recipe, and don't usually end up tossing any, though sometimes it becomes french toast later in the week.

[cellio]

When I have partial loaves left over I sometimes rip them up, stick them in a brown paper bag, let them dry out, and turn them into breadcrumbs. It uses the leftovers, it's easy, and the results aren't loaded with preservatives and junk like the store-bought crumbs. Not that I'm recommending this for whole loaves, mind, unless you use a lot more bread crumbs than I do... :-)

[rivkaesque.livejournal.com]

Also, if it keeps well - do you have an organization around there that supplies people with what to eat on shabbos? If so, you can freeze and donate the extra loaves, and make french toast with any other leftovers!

[fauxklore]

Bread pudding was the first thing that came to my mind. Somewhere I have a recipe for a brunch casserole that is somewhere between French toast and bread pudding (and is also excellent with rum added to it).

I'm not sure I would use challah in a stuffing, but that is probably because I make my challah with cinnamon (and sometimes orange peel).

[42itous.livejournal.com]

I've been really wanting to make challah again. I've been working full-time. I've been resisting people's pressure to reproduce. Maybe I should rethink my priorities and have babies, so I can stay home and bake.

Maybe that's not a great reason to have babies.

[saraphina-marie.livejournal.com]

SEND IT TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE CHALLAH and Nashville, apparantly has no Jew who can bake because there is no Challah. And I has a sad since I cannot count the number of times I mentioned the stuff in A Year and a Day so taken with it was I.

Secondly I vote for Challah fort and also French Toast (about which I was a doofus and neglected to click in your poll).

[kmelion.livejournal.com]

Why not invite someone over and make it with them? Then you split the loaves.

[tapuz.livejournal.com]

my list includes:

* half-batch
* freeze
* roll out some of the dough, top with butter, chocolate and sugar or margarine and apple or cinnamon and sugar, roll up jelly-roll style, cut into slices and bake on greased cookie sheet
* bread pudding
* stuffing
* grilled cheese (esp cheddar or good, thinly sliced parmesan)
* pb&j

[estherchaya.livejournal.com]

challah makes great sandwich bread. I also have an exceptional recipe for challah kugel. (I think it's from kosher by design entertains, but I'm not positive) It's my favorite kugel ever.

I'm also a fan of french toast. (I make pancakes every Sunday morning... but I hate pancakes; french toast, while more labor intensive, would be far yummier)

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

We freeze our partial loaves, and when it reaches critical mass, make French toast or bread pudding or stuffing. But more immediately, could you make rolls or mini-loaves instead of full loaves? That is a lot for two people. (We use rolls when it's just us, loaves when we have company. Even so it accumulates fast.)

[mildmannered.livejournal.com]

I'll take some off your hands ... It's the least I can do as your neighbor.