What is Shlissel Challah?
"Shlissel or Key Challah, makes the first challah after Pesach even more special. This is a well observed custom you might want to try for yourself. You can do this by slipping a key directly in the challah, by baking it in the dough or placing it in the braids as you shape. Many even shape their challah to look like a key. Shlissel Challah is a segula, good omen, for parnassa, or livelihood. It's a very interesting custom with many sources and traditions." source: The Kosher Channel.com.

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3-4 boards of matzo
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1-1/2 cups chocolate chips (semisweet, dark or milk are all fine)
sea salt, to taste
1/2 cup chopped almonds

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Line a baking sheet with foil. Top it with a sheet of parchment paper or waxed paper. Place as many pieces of matzo on the sheet as you can fit. It's fine to break them into pieces to make them fit easier.

Next, add the butter to a saucepan over medium heat. Add the brown sugar. Stir and bring the mixture come to a boil. Let it boil for 3-4 minutes, then remove the caramel sauce from the heat and pour over the matzo. Smooth it over with a spatula, you want to get every piece covered.

Place it in the oven, and bake for 12-15 minutes, until the caramel is golden brown.

As soon as the matzo comes out of the oven, sprinkle on the chocolate chips, and return the matzo to the oven to bake for another 2 minutes.

Remove the matzo from the oven, and immediately use the back of a flat spatula to spread the softened chocolate chips into a smooth layer of melted chocolate.

Sprinkle on a little sea salt, and top with some chopped nuts (that's optional, of course).

Let the chocolate matzo cool completely, and break into pieces to serve.

Ingredients: (this can easily be doubled):

1/4 cup packed brown sugar
3 tbsp maple syrup
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup chopped or slivered almonds
1/2 cup raw pumpkin seeds
1/3 cup shredded coconut

Bake at 250 degrees F. for 1 hour (or until golden brown), stirring every 15 minutes. After it is done, mix in some dried fruit.

Ingredients for Bobby Lieber's Hamantaschen:

Dough:
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
5 cups flour
1/4 cup orange juice
1 cup oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking powder
Pinch of salt

Filling:1/2 cup flavored jam
1/2 cup oats