The house is quiet, and though my eyelids are drooping a bit, I wanted to come here to this space whilst the kids are still asleep to share with you something special I made over the weekend. Whole wheat challah. Now, the purists among you might look at the ingredients and scoff at the fact that whole wheat makes up only a third of the flour in this recipe. Bear with me. Baking yeast breads with whole grains, as it turns out, can be fairly challenging. Over the years, I’ve made more than my fair share of dense-as-brick loaves, but …

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