Baking Attempt

This is my first attempt at Challah bread. I didn't know that it was a Jewish bread until tonight, but that is okay, I have always seen it, thought it was pretty, and wondered if I could make it. Well, now I know I can! I made it tonight for dinner with the Bakker family, and it was good. It is a kind of sweet bread, it calls for a half a cup of sugar, but it was yummy. Kinda like Hawaiian bread or something. I think it will be fantastic for French toast or even just toasted with butter and jam in the mornings. In France this is kinda what the bread tastes like there. And Lavar usually likes that bread, so maybe this will be a hit with him also. I saw on some blogs the other day that there are some people that do what they call the BBA challenge. It is the Breadmaker's Apprentice challenge. The Breadmaker's Apprentice is a book that has a bunch of bread recipes. I would LOVE to do that and I think I will, maybe soon. But for now I have my certain recipes that I am sticking to and I haven't finished all in the book, so that should be my first goal. The book I use is called A Passion for Baking by Marcy ... something. I love that book, most everything in there is good, so far, and I have baked a fair share. My new thing now is going to be making sure that I have fresh bread to give to people that come over or when I take dinners places. I think that would be a nice touch. Anyway, that is all for now. I thought I would post the pictures because I am proud of my bread!