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Made for a craft challenge, and for dinner.

Posted by jojobeandesigns from Wayne, New Jersey, United States • Published 20th August 2009 • See jojobeandesigns's 48 projects »

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Step 1
Make your bread dough:
- In a large Tupperware container, mix 1.5 cups of lukewarm water with 1 envelope of yeast and 1/2 Tbls. of kosher salt.
Step 2
- Add 3.5 cups of whole wheat flour, mixing well with a wooden spoon until all flour is combined and dough is sticky.
Step 3
- Cover with a towel and let rise in a dry, warm room for 3-5 hours or until dough doubles in size.
Step 4
- When you are ready to bake, preheat oven to 450 degrees. I recommend a pizza stone, but if you don't have one you could do it on a baking sheet instead. If using the stone, put it in the oven now. Place a roasting pan on the bottom rack of your oven.
Step 5
- Dust your work surface (I do this right on a pizza peel because I then transfer it to a pizza stone, but you can shape it right on the baking sheet if that is what you have) and hands with flour. Cut 3/4 of the dough from the container, and shape it into a crescent like a painter's palette. Cut a circle from one side for the thumb hole.
Step 6
- Shape remaining dough into a rod for the paint brush and any other shape you'd like (I used extra dough to make little baguettes for dipping).
Step 7
- Slide dough shapes onto pizza stone or put baking sheet in oven.
Step 8
- Pour 2 cups of hot water into the roasting pan and shut the oven door to catch steam. Watch out for hot steam when you do this because it burns like a mother!
Step 9
- Place in oven and bake for 30 minutes or until crusty and browned. (You may need to take smaller shapes out earlier, so keep an eye on them!)
- Cool completely.
Step 10
- Cut organic paint shapes from the "palette" using a serrated knife and dig out a little bowl for your dips. Save any bread that you pull out; you'll need it later 'cause it makes good eats!
Step 11
- Spoon dips into each little bowl and serve with veggies and the extra bread. When you run out of dippers you can just start tearing your palette into delicious little pieces!

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Sarah · Erfurt, Thuringia, DE · 110 projects 19th May 2011

amazing!

jojobeandesigns · Wayne, New Jersey, US · 53 projects 11th July 2010

Becsta, once the bread stick was cool, I just attached a small bunch of fennel fronds with a slice of onion skin. Wet the onion skin slightly to help it stick. It is really just for the photo, as it won't hold together if you move it around. I'm sure a bit of trial and error would help you come up with another idea if you want it to be sturdy!