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        "plaintext": "Alright, let's get right into the recipe:"
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                "plaintext": "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."
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        "plaintext": "Made turtle bread? I’d love to see it ! Email me@abcbrookie.com a picture."
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  "textContent": "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 :)\nedit: it was tasty ! \nAlright, let's get right into the recipe:\nIngredients\n2 ½ to 3 cups of all purpose flour\n1 package of quick-acting active dry yeast\n1 tablespoon of sugar\n1 teaspoon of salt\n½ cup of water\n⅓ cup of (oat) milk\n1 tablespoon of butter\n1 egg\n2 raisins (for the eyeballs)\nDirections\nMix 1½ cups of the flour, the yeast, sugar and salt in a large bowl.\nHeat water, milk and margarine to 125° to 130°; stir into yeast mixture.\nStir in egg. Stir in enough of remaining flour to make the dough easy to handle.\nSprinkle a surface lightly with flour.\nTurn the dough onto the surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Cover and let rest 10 minutes.\nLightly 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.\nShape remaining dough into a ball for body; place on cookie sheet and flatten slightly.\nAttach head, feet and tail by placing 1 end of each under edge of body to secure.\nPress raisins into head for eyes. Cover and let rise 20 minutes.\nHeat 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.\nThis recipe makes one turtle bread.\nMade turtle bread? I’d love to see it ! Email me@abcbrookie.com a picture.\nOr, mention me on Bluesky  🐢\nthis 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 :)"
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