Christmas Moose


Impress your guests with this Chris-moose decoration that you can eat and enjoy.

Skill: Intermediate Prep Time: 15 Bake Time: 25 Servings:



Ingredients:

2 loaves Rhodes™ Bread Dough, thawed but still cold
2 raisins
1 egg, beaten


Directions:

Using a rolling pin, form one loaf of bread dough into a moose head shape. Place on a large sprayed cookie sheet. Clip mouth and shaggy chin hairs with scissors.
Using a knife, cut other loaf in half. With one half, roll dough into a slight boomerang shape and cut out antlers. Place on top of head.

Using a scrap of dough, form a diamond shape for the ear and fold it over. Place at back of head and under antlers.

With remaining half of loaf, roll out a misshaped rectangle for a neck and place under shaggy hairs. Press raisins together and place on head for eye.

Brush with egg and cover with sprayed plastic wrap. Allow to rise for 1/2 hour. Remove wrap and depress nostril just before baking. Bake at 350°F for 25 minutes or until deep golden brown.