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“Mama’s Bread” aka Challah

“Mama’s Bread” aka Challah

May 25, 2020
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A loaf of braided bread sprinkled with black and white sesame seeds on top.

This headnote is from my mom :) 

I learned this recipe from my neighbor Lisa Rosenstein and tried to make it most Sundays. Sunday dinners were sacred at our house. We’d cook for hours — roast chicken bursting with lemons, creamy macaroni and cheese, homemade bread, green beans with almonds; George Winston music floating. Sunday dinners were our bulwark a…

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