Step 1:
Using a serrated knife, horizontally slice through top third of bread loaf, keeping top of bread attached along the long side opposite you; this will be the coffin lid.
Step 2:
Carefully raise lid three-quarters open. Insert a skewer through bread top at each back corner of the lid, carefully threading each skewer through the bottom part of the loaf. This will keep lid open.
Step 3:
Using kitchen shears, snip top of skewers flush with bread lid.
Following the contours of the loaf, and starting a 1/2 inch from loaf edges, score a rectangle in cut surface of bread bottom with a small knife.
Step 5:
Carefully discard bread from inside the rectangle, leaving a 1/2 inch bread wall on all sides and a hollow into which to put the dip.
Step 6:
Hollow out bread from coffin lid.
Step 7:
Insert 3 or 4 toothpicks into breadstick along one length.
Step 8:
Attach breadstick handle to front of coffin.
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