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When we talked to Hot Bread Kitchen’s Jessamyn Waldman Rodriguez about her new cookbook, she gave us a tip about this recipe. In step 6, she recommends dipping the flattened dough disks into a bowl of cornmeal before placing them on the baking sheets. This will result in extra crunch along the bottom and sides…
Baker on the Rise: Most employees graduate to jobs at other bakeries. Courtesy of Hot Bread Kitchen Staff. The week before Rosh Hashanah, inside a low-slung East Harlem building under elevated rail tracks, a crew of women will quietly mix, knead, shape and bake challahs in an immaculate kitchen. Their dough will yield thousands of…
Hot Bread Kitchen’s Sephardic Challah. Courtesy of Hot Bread Kitchen Staff. Active time: 25 minutes Total time: 3 hours 45 minutes, plus cooling Yields: 2 round loaves 3 tablespoons sesame seeds 1½ tablespoons caraway seeds 1½ tablespoons anise seeds 1 envelope active dry yeast 2 cups lukewarm water 5 cups bread flour 2½ tablespoons extra…
