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WE KNEAD THIS: Hackensack Chabad House Founder Shares Sweet Challah Recipe WE KNEAD THIS: Hackensack Chabad House Founder Shares Sweet Challah Recipe
WE Knead This: Hackensack Chabad House Founder Shares Sweet Challah Recipe It's sweet, fluffy and a recipe that Hackensack's Shterna Kaminker came up with herself. The Hackensack mom -- who helms the city's Chabad house with her husband Rabbi Mendy Kaminker -- tweaked her own mother's challah recipe until she got it just where she wanted it. "My mother was amazing in the kitchen," said Kaminker, a mom of six formerly of Teaneck. "She was always cooking and baking, and encouraged our own creativity." Each challah recipe begins with the same ingredients: Yeast, water, eggs, oil, flour, sugar and salt. Kaminker played around with each one until she found the perfe…

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by Cecilia Levine
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We Knead This: Bergen County Jewish Moms Share Rosh Hashanah Challah Recipes We Knead This: Bergen County Jewish Moms Share Rosh Hashanah Challah Recipes
We Knead This: Bergen County Jewish Moms Share Rosh Hashanah Challah Recipes Studded with raisins, dusted with cinnamon sugar and smeared with honey, challah just tastes sweeter this time of year. The traditional Jewish bread that's normally savory and braided for the Sabbath is twisted into a big, round bun and candied just once a year for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. ** Click here for the first recipe from New Milford's Daniela Pomerantz ** Making challah from scratch seems like a messy and overwhelming process -- often requiring an entire bag of flour, yeast and a whole lot of precious patience and time. Three local Jewish moms graciously welcomed Daily…

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by Cecilia Levine