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   Now I don’t know how I got on this train but I love it and I don’t want to get off.  I love Tik Tok and once in a while there is a viral recipe that goes around.  I already featured the first one on the blog and my YouTube channel before.  It was for Dalgona Coffee .  Now there is a new viral recipe going around.  It’s called Froggy Bread.  It’s just a simple homemade bread recipe molded to look like a frog.  

Yeast

   This recipe is a double win for me because this is my first time successfully making bread.  I have tried to make bread one time before and my water was too hot when I put in the yeast and it killed the yeast.  Failure right from step one.  But not this time.  I added the yeast to the milk in the recipe when it was a little warmer than room temperature.  The package says that the liquid should be between 120 and 130 degrees Fahrenheit.  I also added a bit of sugar to the milk (about a TSP)  because yeast eats sugar and that helps it to proof as well.  This is what it should look like before it goes it the recipe.

Making The Dough

     Now comes the tricky part.  Making the dough.  Now, I always get a little frustrated reading any recipe or talking to anyone who has ever made bread about how to make it. They always say, “just add flour until it looks right”.  I’m sorry but what the heck does that mean?  I’m a very visual person.  I need to know what I should see.  In trial and error this is what I saw and what I looked for.

       You just want to start with all the ingredients, the sugar, the 3 1/2 cups of flour, salt all with crisco cut in , and milk with proofed yeast in your mixing bowl.  Start mixing and just let those dry ingredients mix in and add more flour a half a cup at a time until it no longer looks wet.  It shouldn’t stick to your fingers and it should be smooth.

Letting It Rise and Putting the Froggy Bread Together

This bread will rise twice. For the first one ( and the second if you can make it work) it’s helpful to use a proofing bucket. This is a bucket that you can put the bread into and close the lid. This environment is perfect for bread to rise and stay moist.

       So now that the dough is put together you are going to put it in the bowl and cover it with a towel and let this rise for 3 hours.  Then once it’s done you are going to assemble your bread frog using the video below or the diagram below.  Then cover that with plastic wrap and a towel and let it rise for another 2 hours before going in the oven for 55 minutes.

         I hope you guys enjoyed this recipe and I hope that you try it.  It’s not as scary as it looks. I promise.  If you do make it, please take a picture and tag me on my Facebook or Instagram   I would so love to see.  Have an amazing week, guys and I will see you next time.

Frog Bread

Yield: 1 Loaf

Prep Time: 1 hour

Cook Time: 55 minutes

Additional Time: 5 hours

Total Time: 6 hours 55 minutes

A delicious, fluffy and warm homemade bread that is formed in the shape of a frog.

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Ingredients

• 3 1/2 to 5 Cups of All purpose flour
• 4 1/2 TBSP of sugar
• 1 TBSP of Salt
• 1 Tbsp of Crisco
• 2 Cups of Whole Milk 
• 1 Packet or 2 1/4 tsp of Instant Dry Yeast

Instructions

1. Heat the milk in a small saucepot one the stove or in the microwve until it gets to btween 100 and 110 •F.
2. Spinkle a tbsp of the sugar and the yeast into the milk and leave it to proof for about 5 minutes until the mixture is bubbly and foamy and smells like bread.
3. Sift all the dry ingrediants together and with a pastry cutter, cut in the crisco until you get small pea size bits of cristo in the flour.
4. When the yeast has proofed pour that mixture into the dry mixture.
5. With a dough hook attachment on you mixer or by hand in a bowl. Mix this up until you get a dough that comes together.
6. Add flour little by little (a 1/2 cup at a time) until the dough pulls away from the bowl in one mass and does not stick to your fingers. Just be patiant.
7. Pinch the dough into a ball pinching the ends under.
8. Place it back in the bowl and cover the bowl with a kitchen towl. Leave it to proof for 3 hours or until doubled in size in a dry and non drafty place.
9. After proofing form the dough into a frog ontop of a cookie sheet. (See Diagram)
10. Add a piece of plastic wrap ontop of the frog followed by a dish towel. Leave to proof for 2 hours.
11. Add egg wash if you want a nice brown crust. Bake for 10 minutes in a 400• oven and then turn the oven down to 350• and bake for 45 more minutes.
12. Leave to cool until slightly warm and enjoy.

Notes

You can proof your yeast in a little bit of water or the milk. I just did it because it was already going in the dough and yeast eats sugar and that helps it proof. I was very nervous about it proofing so i used the yeast to ensue that it would.

If the dough has already doubled in size before the time is up you can move on to the next step. Likewise, if it takes longer thats ok too. If you have a cold, drafty kitchen it may take longer.

Click here to get the Frog Diagram

If you have any questions or comments please don’t hesitate to leave a comment down below, message me on instagram, facebook or leave me an email.

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