How to make Dutch Crunch Doll Bread

The bread is fresh and lovely!

       Dutch Crunch is sometimes called Tiger Bread but because there are so many varieties of bread known as tiger bread, we will assign the former name for our version here. This bread has a distinctive split top with many cracks! It is soft and cake-like in it's middle and crunchy on the outer top. I have made our versions of this classic favorite from papier-mâché and cork. The loaves will look delicious in our 18" doll bakery! But for now the dolls are enjoying them at home in our big dollhouse kitchen, along with some lemonade.

Supply List:

• brown paper bag
• tissue paper
• masking tape
• crumbled cork
• acrylic paints in shades of brown and white
• Mod Podge
• white school glue

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Crush the tissue paper into the shape of a Dutch Crunch loaf. Visit Secrets In The Oven to see what this kind of bread looks like and how it is made.
2. Apply masking tape to the surfaces of the tissue to hold these in shape.
3. Layer white school glue and shredded brown paper bag on top of the tissue paper until the entire surface is covered and dried.
4. Crumble the cork and glue bits of it to the top of the faux, papier-mâché, Dutch Crunch bread.
5. Use a small paint brush to add light applications of darker brown and lighter creamy white to the loaf as you like.
6. Mod Podge the entire surface to keep it clean and to toughen-up the papier-mâché surface.

 

The loaves are shaped from tissue paper and 
covered with masking tape.

The cork is crumbled and glued to the tops of our
bread loaves. These look so crusty and delicious!

Now just a bit of paint for highlights and Mod Podge for
durability. The loaves are perfect!