The Kosher Cook Silicone Braided Challah Mold - Small - Braided Oval Challah Pan - Challah Bread Baking Mold - No Shaping Required

Someone asked how to make the bottoms flat. When the dough rises to the top of the mold, take plastic off, replace with greased cookie sheet, weight it down. Let rest then bake. I take the bread and rolls out of the mold and let bake so I get a nice even color. I love this little mold - it made exactly the size I needed for 2 people to share for friday night dinner. I used 2 Rhodes Brand frozen Texas rolls. I did find that you need to put this mold and the rolls mold on a cookie sheet for stability. I think being silicone you need to slice off 5 minutes from the time on the package of frozen rolls. I wanted to order the medium pan but the description is off and I don't really know how much smaller this pan is than the medium.

I love being able to present a beautiful and delicious challah! You can cut the loaf into sandwich slices without worrying that you won’t get even slices! I don’t know who invented these bakers but they are geniuses. Did not have any problem with the dough sticking to mold. I took the bread out about 10. minutes early, slide it out of the mold onto a parchment paper lined bread stone , used egg wash to give it its signature shine and spritzed the oven (not the bread!’) and as soon as the bread started to brown took it out, gave it another egg wash and let it sit on a rack for about 1/2 an hour (if you can keep everyone away from it) and a beautiful bread that I didn’t have to fight with trying to braid it.

Silicone Braided Challah Pan is great for making gluten free challah. Since gluten free dough is soft and therefore not so possible to braid, this pan really helps me. Instead of spending hours trying to braid the soft gluten free dough, I use this pan. I just put the dough in, and it comes out shaped like a challah. This is a great pan to make challah that looks braided without actually having to braid it. You can use this pan for regular challah, too, but I only use it for gluten free because my regular dough can be braided by hand. My gluten free dough is more soft and therefore harder to braid, so I use this pan.

The silicone pans work very well. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is that this particular challah pan is very small, a bit smaller than expected. But it works.

I purchased these items because I was pleased with the large size and wanted the capability of making small challot when we have few or no guests. The resulting challot are quite uniform. I find that they come out slightly convex on the bottom side (which is the top when you start baking) but this is not noticeable when you put them on a board or tray. I think they are indispensable for those like me who are not experts at braiding and another advantage is that sticky dough challah recipes are much more easily processed. For some reason the manufacturer did not indicate on the directions the exact baking times for the small pans. I find that the same conditions recommended for the large size work fine: 350 deg.F (177 C.) for convection ovens, 20 mins inside the pan and an additional 10 mins after removing the challot from the pans and placing on a baking tray. I have had good success using a bread machine challah recipe I found on the Internet as well as an eggless recipe, "heavenly challah" which can be found in the book "The Secret of Challah." The latter recipe always rises swiftly and is virtually foolproof. After at least two years of experience I would recommend increasing baking times for 2-3 minutes for both stages. Do not remove at the end of stage one unless the top (bottom of finished loaf) is quite brown and thus avoid possible sticking to the silicone pan.

This is labeled at 4 x 8” but it is much smaller than that. I will be exchanging for a medium.

Works great!

Wow, I LOVE the small size silicone challah pans for making two GRAIN FREE loaves! I'm using Elana's Pantry recipes for grain free breads (look her up, everything turns out yummy!), and I can handle a pinch of flour just fine, to justify calling it challah. Some say they use 3 grains of buckwheat, so figure your solution out, or don't worry about it. It is just nice to have that beautiful challah shape on our table more often again, and being able to use our beautiful tray and challah cover. I take it out when done, then I apply poppy seeds to each 'hill' by dipping my finger in a light egg wash, then the seeds, and roll my finger over the hill & pop back in oven on a cookie sheet for 5 minutes. Someone will appreciate my rambling into details. Loaves do not stick. I will be buying these as gifts often now. I am very happy with these molds!

A perfect way to bake Gluten Free challah bread. If you have a dough mix which is too sticky to plait, then this mould is absolutely perfect. The bread comes out easily and looks amazing. I just wish I had discovered this sooner. It's a real find.

It’s a fun mould.

Comprei para minha filha para fazer pães ,muito bom material!RECOMENDO!!!

Very useful when baking gluten free breads. The batter type bread fills all the dips and presents a lovely braided like bread.

The mold is easy to use and clean. We have used it twice for gluten-free challah and it has been wonderful.