I just made Challah for the first time yesterday and it was delicious. I like to think of myself as a pretty decent novice baker and was quite proud of that little loaf. Like most people, I couldn't leave well enough alone and had to go for an extra fancy look. I took the dough and split it into two peices, one ball roughly half the size of the other. I made both of these into three strand braids and put the little guy on top of the big guy, gluing them together with egg wash. After all was said and done, the bottom baked faster than the top braid and it came out lopsided. Beautiful browning, tasty bread, but it looked like it was channeling the leaning tower of Pisa. Any thoughts on this? Should I go with your tried and true method and put those fancy thoughts out of my head? Next time, divide the dough 2/3-1/3. This will keep things moving along together. There are dozens of shaping/braiding variations out there, don't stop now. Frank @ KAF.

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