Making Challah

Anonymous wrote:OP said she used 1.5 TABLESPOONS of salt.I googled King Arthur challah recipes. They call for 1.5 or 1.75 TEASPOONS of salt.

A tablespoon is 3 teaspoons.

OP likely used too much salt.

I was the first post about tps vs tbsp.

Good catch. I totally missed that she said she used a tablespoon for the salt later in her OP, but immediately assumed that if she can taste the salt then she must have mixed up the two.

Bread usually only needs a little salt. My recipes are almost all jus 1 tsp.

1 tablespoon would be very salty bread

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12/30/2025 19:57

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Anonymous wrote:I actually think I used 3/4 tsp not tablespoons. My mistake in the original post. I think I will try again next week and decrease salt to 1/2 tsp. Also, the challah tastes a lot better today than yesterday. The rest seems to have helped it. But still not sweet enough

You would not be able to taste 1 teeaspoon of salt in bread.

You must have used tablespoons.

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12/30/2025 20:54

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Yeast eats sugar as it does its thing. Depending on the amount of yeast and how long you let the yeast soak/rise, your bread could be less sweet.

Next time add a little more sugar.

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12/31/2025 12:01

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Anonymous wrote:Yeast eats sugar as it does its thing. Depending on the amount of yeast and how long you let the yeast soak/rise, your bread could be less sweet.

Next time add a little more sugar.

Thank you. This makes a lot of sense. I let it rise for an extra hour or more because I went to the gym in the middle.

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12/31/2025 20:11

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Anonymous

You could try making it with a milk bread recipe — those are sweeter.

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01/04/2026 17:53

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My recipe calls for 1/4 c of sugar. I make challah often and we like it a little sweet. Maybe try upping the sugar a little.