Today I made an 8 braided challah.
The braid method is as follows:
- make 8 strands
- layout strands in a semi-circle radiating from a center point.
- think of the left strand as number 1 and count up to number 8 on the right.
- Each time you move a strand, the strands are renumbered per their actual location.
- Start with moving 8 under 7 and then over 1.
- 8 over 5
- 2 under 3 over 8
- 1 over 4
- 7 under 6 over 1
- repeat steps 6 – 9 till done