How America Changed Challah Bread - Chowhound

Home cooks who were used to baking challah with only the ingredients available to them in the old world suddenly found themselves surrounded by an abundance of riches in their new home in America. Where they had once been able to only make white bread — a true luxury — on special occasions like the once-a-week sabbath, in America, this influx of ingredients meant they had the option to regularly enjoy sweet,…