Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Pretzel Time

Max has taken a strong liking to cooking shows. AFN shows them every morning so most mornings I'll come downstairs to see him wrapped in a blanket watching the Take Home Chef, or Good Eats. It was one of these mornings where he was watching Good Eats with Alton Brown. (This is my favorite cooking show. I used to think he was a nut, but now I really like him. And I still think he is a nut, but entertaining in a corny way.) Sam was watching too. He was expounding on the secrets of how to make Homemade Soft Pretzels. Sam thought they were awesome and asked: "Can we make those daddy? Can we? Can we?" I told him probably, (my standard noncommittal answer), and that we could look for the recipe sometime. I had to leave for work before I got to see his trick for getting the nice golden brown crisp coating on them and have felt a little unfulfilled since then. (Though I suspected it was an egg wash and I was right). So tonight I found the recipe and got Sam to help me with the dough and then after dinner M and S both helped me roll them out. It turns out it was a pretty easy recipe. We/they didn't make the perfect shape, but they sure tasted great. Just as good as at a ball game with my Dad in Oakland! I ate two despite having a stomach ache.

5 comments:

Linz said...

yummy!!!!

The Jonas Family said...

Looks yummy, but how do you cook in ounces?

Bartimaeus said...

Jenni,

I used a kitchen scale.

acte gratuit said...

You're a really good stay at home Dad. I'd stay here if I didn't miss you so dang much!

acte gratuit said...

And you didn't say what you did with Gabey while you were cooking!

(The picture of the boys makes me miss them LOTS)