Golden Santa Bread Recipe

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A friend of mine shared this fun idea. She made it with purchased frozen dough, and I use a family recipe. The finished loaf looks complicated. but it's actually simple to create.

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Golden Santa Bread Recipe
  • Prep: 30 min. + rising Bake: 25 min. + cooling
  • Yield: 16-18 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 4 to 4-1/2 cups bread flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/4 cup butter, cubed
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 raisins
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 to 3 drops red food coloring

Directions

  • In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, sugar, yeast and salt. In a small saucepan, heat the milk, water and butter to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat just until moistened. Beat in the eggs until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a stiff dough.
  • Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
  • Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into two portions, one slightly larger than the other.
  • Shape the larger portion into an elongated triangle with rounded corners for Santa's head and hat.
  • Divide the smaller portion in half. Shape and flatten one half into a beard. Using scissors or a pizza cutter, cut into strips to within 1 in. of top. Position on Santa's face; twist and curl strips if desired.
  • Use the remaining dough for the mustache, nose, hat pom-pom and brim. Shape a portion of dough into a mustache; flatten and cut the ends into small strips with scissors. Place above beard. Place a small ball above mustache for nose. Fold tip of hat over and add another ball for pom-pom. Roll out a narrow piece of dough to create a hat brim; position under hat.
  • With a scissors, cut two slits for eyes; insert raisins into slits. In separate small bowls, beat egg each yolk. Add red food coloring to one yolk; carefully brush over hat, nose and cheeks. Brush plain yolk over remaining dough.
  • Cover loosely with foil. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes. Uncover; bake 10-12 minutes longer or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 1 loaf.

    How-To: Instructions for making Golden Santa Bread»

Originally published as Golden Santa Bread in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2007, p73

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Reviewed on Jan. 07, 2012 by veraann

This turned out really cute,grand-kids loved it. I use a potato bread recipe (that I really like) so I couldn't rate at five stars.


Reviewed on Jan. 01, 2012 by shelbybird

This bread is AMAZING! I cut corners and used frozen dough, but still, it came out amazing!

TIPS: 1) I wouldn't recommend serving this alone... I served it alongside a dish of Cinnamon Honey Butter that another user recommended.

The Recipe: 1c Honey, 1c Butter (2 sticks), 1c Powdered Sugar, 2tsp Cinnamon. Whisk using the whisk attachment on your mixer.

2) Definitely do a practice run beforehand if you're going to be taking this somewhere or giving it as a gift.

3) Santa bread and a jar of homemade cinnamon honey butter make an EXCELLENT Christmas gift! :)


Reviewed on Dec. 29, 2011 by Athanasius' Mommy

UPDATE: I made this dough recipe a second time. Instead of making it into a Santa face, I separated the dough into three strands and braided them. I then brushed one of the strands with egg white, a second strand with red food coloring (egg yolk w/3 red drops), and the third strand with green food coloring (egg yolk w/3 green drops).  It turned out WONDERFUL! Better reviews this time...perhaps because I didn't handle the dough as much. It was more moist this go-around. This is such a GREAT dough recipe...one person said it reminded them of sourdough. You can fashion the dough into whatever design you want!! 


Reviewed on Dec. 28, 2011 by Athanasius' Mommy

I received rave reviews on the appearance and taste of this bread recipe! I made my own dough and it was a lot of fun! I placed the dough on parchment paper and then on a baking sheet. I will definitely be making this again! My husband thought I could use the dough recipe for rolls too. We shall see!


Reviewed on Dec. 22, 2011 by sstetzel

MCBWGreen

Those of you who used "frozen" bread dough, are you talking about the Pillsbury refrigerated bread dough that comes in cans? (I haven't done much bread baking!) Thanks!

Frozen bread dough is found in the freezer section of your grocery store, usually with the garlic bread and rolls.


Reviewed on Dec. 21, 2011 by MCBWGreen

Those of you who used "frozen" bread dough, are you talking about the Pillsbury refrigerated bread dough that comes in cans? (I haven't done much bread baking!) Thanks!


Reviewed on Dec. 19, 2011 by IslandWife

This was so easy to make and a special treat for my family - they loved it!


Reviewed on Dec. 18, 2011 by jasonpgill

Great Bread! I thought it wasn't going to look at all the picture but even with my limited bread skills it came out very close. I'm giving them out as gifts next year.


Reviewed on Dec. 17, 2011 by lauriedmiller

Not as easy as everyone else said. The directions are vague as to how big the triangle should be, shaping the beard and making a hat. I'll make it again, even though mine looks a bit strange


Reviewed on Dec. 14, 2011 by tea-talk

Just a few tips:

* make sure to cut the beard strips decently thin - they will look better and be easier to twist and shape

* if you use foil to "loosely cover" during first 15 minutes, DO NOT let the foil touch the bread! It will rip off and leave an ugly spot.

* Let the dough rise more than the 1 hour it says to.

* Let the shaped Santa rise for a little bit (maybe half an hour to an hour).

* Do the regular egg wash first and the red egg wash last to prevent the color from running.

Overall, decent recipe. Mine didn't look too bad even with all the mistakes! Glad I practiced though, because I will make an even better looking one next week to give to my boyfriend's family!

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