Thursday, June 21, 2012

Day 18: 31 Days of Pinterest: Pretzel Rolls

The picture of these rolls on Pinterest is To. Die. For. Mine didn't turn out QUITE the same, but they were VERY good!

I'm not sure what I was thinking planning my most complicated one yet on the day before our family vacation??? I've never made anything like this so it was a little trial and error and I think if I made them again they'd be even better, but they were still very tasty!

Pretzel Rolls

Ingredients:
6-7 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
2 Tbs oil
2 tsp active dry yeast
2 1/2 cups warm milk
1 cup warm water

"Bath":
7 cups water
1 Tbs salt
4 Tbs baking soda

Course salt for sprinkling.

Mix yeast and warm milk in small container and let sit for 10 min.
In large bowl whisk 6 cups flour and 1 tsp salt.
Add oil and warm water to milk/yeast mix.  Pour into bowl with flour mix.
Knead until dough is fairly smooth.  Should be "stiff" and easy to handle, if not add more flour.
Cover bowl with a dish towel and place in a warm place to rise for one hour.
Punch down dough and knead in bowl for one min.
Cut into 15 pcs and make into balls by pulling dough under.
Place on well greased surface and let rise for 15 min.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In pot, heat "bath" water, salt and baking soda to a rolling boil.
Plunge in 3 dough balls at a time and let "poach" for a total of one min, placing them on a WELL greased pan when done.  (WELL greased.  I thought mine was, but most of the rolls stuck.)
Cut 3 lines across each with a serated knife and sprinkle with course salt.
Bake 20-25 min until rich brown.

Ours did not have the perfect, round shape that the pinner's picture shows, they were more flat.  We buttered up a half each right out of the oven to sample and loved them!


Then for dinner we sliced them and layered in some ham and cheese, baked at 350 for 10 minutes.
So good!!!

Original recipe found HERE.

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Let's Connect!

Search This Blog

Followers

About Me

I am a single mom to four amazing kids; each of whom just happen to have been adopted. The first three were adopted through foster care, and we just completed an international adoption from Haiti. Our family has grown through adoption and I am all the more blessed to know each of my children. I worship a mighty God, teach Special Ed, love bargains, and am inspired by Pinterest... come along with us for the ride!


Olivia - 14

Olivia - 14

Braeden - 11

Braeden - 11

Liam - 9

Liam - 9

Macy - 5

Macy - 5

Check out my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

Blog Archive

What you should know about HIV

-HIV can NOT be spread through casual/household contact. HIV is not spread through hugging, kissing, shaking hands, sharing toys, sneezing, coughing, sharing food, sharing drinks, bathing, swimming or any other casual way. It has been proven that HIV and AIDS can only be spread through sexual contact, birth, breastfeeding and blood to blood contact (such as sharing needles). - HIV is now considered a chronic but manageable disease. With treatment, people who are HIV+ can live indefinitely without developing AIDS and can live long and full lives. - People who are HIV+ deserve to be treated with love, respect, support and acceptance as all people do. Additional information on transmission of HIV can be found on the Center for Disease Control website: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources

Other Awesome Blogs

Orphan Crisis

• 147 million orphans in the world
• 50 million orphans in Africa 
• Every 14 seconds a child is orphaned by AIDS
• 16,000,000 have been orphaned by AIDS
• Every week, AIDS claims as many lives as American fatalities in the Vietnam War
• 854 million people do not have enough to eat
• Malnutrition is associated with the deaths of 5 million children under the age of five
• Every 2 seconds an orphan dies from malnutrition


Hence the title of my blog

Little Did I Know

Little did I know that the road would be so rocky
Little did I know that the trip would take so long
Little did I know that my heart could hurt so much
Little did I know that God is never wrong

Little did I know that love could be so powerful
Little did I know that a dream so far could go
Little did I know that God would place the right ones
Little did I know that my heart, so large, could grow

Little did I know that a dream has it’s own timing
Little did I know that this day would finally come
Little did I know that four souls would be sent to guide me
Little did I know that they would choose to call me mom

But God knew all along and He had a plan to follow
God knew all along that my dream would soon come true
God knew all along that we five should be together
God knew all along that I’d share it all with you