By Lizzie Rubin
Ingredients
6 strands of dough in equal size and length
Instructions
- Start with the starting position. Six strands of challah and 7 positions on the table: position 1, position 2, position 3, middle, position 4, position 5, and position 6. In the starting position, the 6 strands of challah are pinched together at the top and spread out in the picture shown below.
- Cross strands in positions 1 and positions 6 over each other, with the strand in position 6 laying on top of position 1.
- Take the strand in position 1 and place it in the middle position.
- Take the strand in position 5 and place it in position 1.
- Take the strand in position 4 and place it in position 5.
- Take the strand in the middle position and place it in position 4.
- Take the strand in position 6 and place it in the middle position.
- Take the strand in position 2 and place it in position 6.
- Take the strand in position 3 and place it in position 2.
- Take the strand in the middle position and place it in position 3.
- Repeat steps 3-10 until you reach the end of your strands.
- Pinch the ends of the strands and tuck (or, hide) it under the challah.
Lizzie Rubin lives in Pacific Beach with her husband and two children.