My first alligator
DD and I saw a video of a man making a bread alligator the other day. Later that evening, I had some bread dough and decided to try my hand. Thought I would share the results with you for a chuckle (it is a pretty sad gator!). My alligator is a lot smaller and lumpier than the professional's was, but the kids thought it rocked. :-) It was fun to make! I thought it would be a neat side "roll" if you had company--each person having their own gator. I wonder what other shapes would be good?
I buttered him and the kids tore into him. It was a blessing to see them eat so eagerly (they are patient with my bread experiments, but this one hit the spot lol). He started out MUCH smaller than this--the individual braids were only between 3-6 inches long, depending. The loaf that went with this was a big hit too. This is definitely one of my "go to" recipes. Hopefully I will get better at shaping and braiding lol.
Here is the accompanying loaf. Did not get a picture of the crumb (yeah, yeah, I know). It is very soft bread with powdered milk, butter, light brown sugar (MUST be light brown, not sure why. It just does not work with either dark brown or white).
My slashing definitely needs work, and I need to not try to squish the gator and the loaf on the same pan (hence the curve of the loaf--if you look at the gator's far front foot, it attached to the right side of the bread!). Overall, a blessing!
That gator is great!! I love it.
did love the alligator! That is kewl!!