(photo from SK)I love soft pretzels. I remember a lady I worked with in PA bringing in fresh pretzels from this downtown joint every Wednesday. What a wonderful thing to look forward to. Philly pretzels are soooo good. I had never considered before that I could make my own soft pretzels. I don't know why - I just hadn't. And then I got the latest update from Smitten Kitchen - and voila - an idea was born. By Friday evening, pretzels were made. By Saturday morning, pretzels were gone. Not only were they yummy, but Liza had a great time making them with me. The rolling and the shaping - all that - totally fun. No pictures from me, because Smitten Kitchen has wonderful photography - why duplicate?
Here's the link:
http://smittenkitchen.com/2009/02/soft-pretzels-refreshed/
*you'll see that you need to click on the archives button, after the explanation and photos, to get the actual recipe.
By the way, you'll see that one option she proposes is mini-pretzels. I didn't make mine miniature - they weren't too big anyway. Plus, then I only had to make 16.
Oh -and the other suggestion is to use parchment paper. DO IT. Putting the pretzels straight on your baking pan (even sprayed with PAM), leaves impossible-to-get-rid-of-marks. If only the outline of a pretzel didn't remind me of something else that's shaped very similar - one that isn't nearly as tasty. I just kept scrubbing.
Sounds yummy. Might have to try that! Good idea.
ReplyDeleteThey were AWESOME! Thanks again! :)
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