My fellow baker and blogger and stay at home mom friend suggested a pretzel bake-off for today. I've been really enjoying trying new recipes in the last many months, and it is particularly fun to experiment with goodies that you don't typically think to make at home.
I was a little worried at first because the dough didn't seem to rise much the first time around. For its second rise, however, I set it in a warm oven and it got to the desired doubled size. I managed to shape almost all of the pretzels during Timmy's nap, but anyone who knows him knows he doesn't sleep much, so he supervised for the last four.
We made 4 salty, 4 cheesy and 4 with cinnamon sugar. Sweet is definitely my preference, but all are tasty! I was a little surprised at how the crust turned out given their lovely golden color--they were chewy, not at all crusty. This is due to the baking soda in the boiling water, apparently.
Everyone seemed to enjoy! I think we'll have to make these again.
2 comments:
Cheesy!!! Great idea!! I am definitely doing cheesy next time.
I the first picture, what is the one lump sitting on? Is that a scale? Were you weighing them?
My recipe also had you add baking soda to the water...along with salt and sugar. I didn't do that for the bagels. Did you?
Yeah, it's a scale. I didn't really need that kind of exactitude, but it was easier to split them up that way!
I just boiled the bagels, as I recall... no baking soda at all, nor did I do the salt and sugar. My recipe said the soda was to help with browning and also allowed to skip out on an egg wash. Also helped with the 'chew' rather than 'crust'. I don't know why the bagel recipe didn't call for it too, honestly.
The cheesy was good, although the cinnamon sugar was definitely the big hit here!
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