Bitsy's Kitchen
Chocolate Bunny Bread
2/3 cup warm milk
1 large egg
1 tsp. salt
2-1/4 cups bread flour
1/3 cup sugar
2 Tbsp. butter/margarine
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 cup milk choc. or peanut butter morsels
3 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
1 Tbsp. Bread Machine Yeast
Put everything except chocolate/ peanut butter morsels into bread maker in the order specified by bread machine manufacturer. Processes on dough/manual cycle. Remove dough to flowered surface; if necessary, knead in extra dough to make it easy to handle. Divide dough in half.
For the body: knead chocolate/ peanut butter morsels into one half of the dough, form into ball. Place on greased large baking sheet; flatten to 5" round.
For the head: form 1/3 of the remaining dough into ball; place above body. Flatten slightly; attach to body by pinching together.
For nose: pinch off 1/2" ball of dough; place on head.
For arms and ears: divide remaining dough into four pieces; roll each to 5" rope. Arrange two ropes across body for arms; tucking ends under body. Shape remaining ropes into ears; arrange above head; tucking ends under head. Cover; let rise in warm place 30 to 45 min. or until doubled.
Bake at 350 degrees F. for 35 to 40 minutes or until done, tenting with foil after 15 min. to prevent over browning. Remove from pan; cool on wire rack, decorate as desired.
For decoration: they show the bunny with choc. chip eyes, and buttons, whiskers, eyelids, tie, etc. made of cake decorating frosting.