Heidi who blogs at Steps on the Journey makes these beautiful bread bears as gifts for children and I have admired them on so many occasions and today I had a slightly too firm milky dough sitting in a bowl and I thought it might be perfect for a bread bear. So I went back to Heidi’s tutorial where I see I left a comment in November 2012, just shows me how time flies and how my head is full of good intentions but I got here finally!
I made a small tactical error of poking his eyes in just before I baked him, thinking that they would pop out and fall off so he is a bit squinty now, he looked slightly more alert before…
…but I have given him an egg wash to show off his beautiful tummy and he has been sunbathing in the garden in between showers. Thank you Heidi for the tutorial – he has been making me smile today!
Zeb Bakes 
Joanna-
He is adorable! I love the egg wash- he shines with egg’y goodness!
And I love that you didn’t forget to give him a belly button!
Thanks for sharing the photos and for the shout out!
Hopefully, Brian will be hungry enough to eat a bear!
Heidi, you know Brian has been eyeing him up, he kept saying be gentle with him, we don’t want his head to fall off – that is him holding him up for his photo in the middle – I don’t know if he will be able to ‘bear’ eating him ;) xx
My gosh he is cute! What a fun Saturday project. :D xx
He is very cute and I had an urge to leave him outside snoozing amongst the poppies but I thought the fox might carry him off :D
What a stunning little bear! And what an adorable idea, i must set to work and have a go… soon… maybe in a year!! c
Piglet Breads maybe ? I have very bad piglet envy today :D
If our ungrateful children had done their duty in presenting their deserving parents with grandchildren, I would bake this cute bear in an instant :)
I baked him for fun – I have no children and my only nephew lives in London :)
Yes, he is cute, but do you have any idea what potential harm this is doing to the future of the Gingerbread-man?
The Ginger chappie has had it all his own way for far too long :)
He does look like he’s sunbathing :-)
Sweet little thing…my little people would devour him in a flash.
He is wearing suncream of course :)
Cute!
Shockingly :)
He’s making me smile too, especially the sun baking. Well done!
Thankyou!
Sooo cute! I did exactly the same thing with the eyes, only mine disappeared into the finished bread altogether, so I retrofitted currant eyes when he came out of the oven.. ;-)
That’s funny :) I have no currants, so I halved raisins.
So cute!
Awwww…..how sweet! He looks so happy lying in the sun.
Thankyou, it is going to be hard to eat him :)
This is such a wonderful idea.. it would be such a lovely gift.. or I could just nibble on him myself:) xx
I think they would make fun gifts too for adults as well as children :)
He is certainly enjoying the sunshine isn’t he! Reminds me of Bezial upside down on the deck when it’s sunny ;) (a similar fat tummy but don’t tell him I told you! ;) )
I love it when dogs lie on their backs and their legs go floppy. I am sure Bezial has a perfectly lovely tum :)
Perfectly huge at times (when he can get more treats out of me ;) ). Earl does it to but he crosses his front feet and for a cross between a “bull ant and a Tasmanian Devil” he can look pretty cute ;)
I love the rounded tum. I know Celia makes these from time to time. They look so cute. I think the glossy finish is gorgeous xx
Egg wash is very photogenic on breads :) Celia and me are huge Heidi fans both !
You are so sweet- I’m a big fan of both of you as well! ;)
That’s brilliant! I made a plaited loaf for the first time today and was ridiculously pleased with myself – I can’t imagine making a bear that looks like that! He is very cute.
Congrats on the plait! Shaping bread is lots of fun :)
He is soooooo cute!! Too cute to eat. I love his big rounded belly….and that belly button!
Bear and jam sandwiches on our picnic!
Hey Joanna,
Wow he’s cute as!! Does he have a name? I just love his tummy…I bet he loves his grub.
Maree
Thanks, the bear is nameless as he is for eating :)
The bread bear is a brilliant idea. On to bread piggies, hippos and rhinos, I say. :)
Thank you! I have a friend who makes magnificent crocodiles :)