Description
A yeasted bread that’s shaped like a turtle. Kids love it!
Ingredients
- 1 (.25 ounce) package instant yeast
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- ½ cup warm water (110 degrees F)
- ½ cup hot milk
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 egg
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ tablespoon raisins for decorating
Instructions
- In a small mixing bowl
- dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. Let stand until creamy
- about 10 minutes.
- Heat the milk in a small saucepan until it bubbles
- then remove from heat. Add the butter and stir until melted; let cool until lukewarm.
- In a large mixing bowl
- combine the yeast mixture with the cooled milk
- butter
- egg
- 2 cups flour and salt; beat well to combine. Add the remaining flour
- 1/2 cup at a time
- stirring well after each addition. When the dough has pulled together
- turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and supple
- about 8 minutes. Cover dough and let rest for 10 minutes.
- Divide dough into seven pieces. One round 2 inches in diameter
- five rounds 1 inch in diameter and the remainder in one large round.
- Place the large round on a lightly greased cookie sheet and flatten slightly. Shape four of the 1 inch rounds into ‘feet’ and one into a ‘tail’ for the turtle. Shape the two inch round into a ‘head’ for the turtle Attach each piece by flattening the end which attaches to the body
- wetting it slightly with water and pinching it under the turtle’s ‘body’. Press raisins into the turtle’s head for ‘eyes’.
- Cover the turtle with as damp cloth and let rise for 20 minutes. Meanwhile
- preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- With a sharp knife
- make crisscross cuts in the turtle’s body to make the ‘shell’. Finally
- use a scissors to make a cut for the turtle’s mouth. Bake at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes
- or until golden brown.
Prep Time: 40 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Servings: 15