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Frog Bread

Frog bread was one of the more quirky baking projects to come out of 2020, though some have traced its creation back to a 2005 blog post by The Fresh Loaf. It is pretty much exactly as it sounds: bread baked in the shape of a frog. TikTok then did what it does best by turning the recipe into a viral challenge, with people baking up cuter or uglier versions of doughy amphibians for thousands (and sometimes millions) to see. It can be made with any yeast-based bread recipe, including sourdough. You simply shape the dough into a frog after it's risen (use smaller pieces of dough to attach the legs and two small balls of dough for the eyes), brush with egg wash for a nice gleam, and bake in the oven for about 45 minutes at 350°F.