How to make Turtle Bread 🍞🐢

June 1, 2024: I made the turtle bread from the Alpha Bakery Children’s Cookbook. It came out so cute!! I haven’t gotten a chance to taste it yet but I hope it is tasty :) edit: it was tasty ! Alright, let's get right into the recipe: Ingredients 2 ½ to 3 cups of all purpose flour 1 package of quick-acting active dry yeast 1 tablespoon of sugar 1 teaspoon of salt ½ cup of water ⅓ cup of (oat) milk 1 tablespoon of butter 1 egg 2 raisins (for the eyeballs) Directions Mix 1½ cups of the flour, the yeast, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Heat water, milk and margarine to 125° to 130°; stir into yeast mixture. Stir in egg. Stir in enough of remaining flour to make the dough easy to handle. Sprinkle a surface lightly with flour. Turn the dough onto the surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Cover and let rest 10 minutes. Lightly grease a cookie sheet. Shape a 2-inch piece of dough into a ball for head. Shape 4 walnut-size pieces of dough into balls for feet. Shape 1 walnut-size piece of dough into tail. Shape remaining dough into a ball for body; place on cookie sheet and flatten slightly. Attach head, feet and tail by placing 1 end of each under edge of body to secure. Press raisins into head for eyes. Cover and let rise 20 minutes. Heat the oven to 400. Make crisscross cuts in body, 1 inch deep, to look like a turtle's shell. Bake until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. This recipe makes one turtle bread. Made turtle bread? I’d love to see it ! Email me@abcbrookie.com a picture. Or, mention me on Bluesky 🐢 this post was originally posted on abcbrookie.com, a notion site that served as my blog before pckt was created. i may go back and post some of these old posts from time to time :)