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Don’t Get Me Started: Sourdough Pretzels, A (K)not So Easy Adventure

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Some of my holiday baking took on a new twist this year with sourdough pretzels. Doesn’t that sound like quite the yummy treat? And despite the pun attempt in the title of this post, the making of this deliciousness turned out to be quite easy.

“Guilty as charged” was my first thought when I came across this article on Delish. Like apparently so many others, I’ve made my fair share of banana bread in the past few months and joined the sourdough curious set as well. My success so far with using a homegrown sourdough starter for baking bread and muffins (see Don’t Get Me Started: Up To Scratch) had raised my sights towards further undertakings.

Should you want to make your own attempt, the recipe I followed can be found here. Despite the thinking that making pretzels would be a complicated process, it turned out to go quite smoothly. The dough required only a short resting period so start to finish it took us less than two hours until we had a batch of these delectables fresh from the oven.

Like my other posts on baking with sourdough starter, this is not a step-by-step instructional one. I’ll leave that to those more expert on the matter. It’s my hope that this post, as well as the other two on the subject, would encourage you to broaden your own horizons in baking.

weighing
mixing
ready for action
divide
roll
and keep rolling

It was at this point that The Husband and I had to take a moment’s pause to figure out how to twist around a rope of dough to create a pretzel. What might appear simple can seem more difficult when actually faced with the challenge. But we figured it out. Too bad we didn’t have a guide drawn on our counter like mall pretzel vendors have on theirs.

tying knots
able assistant
ready for baking

Fresh from the oven. Not bad for a first effort if I do say so myself. We made two batches with the plan of sharing these goodies with a few friends we’d be seeing at microbrew that is near where we live. This was back in November when such establishments were still opened. We always stuck to the outdoor patio when enjoying the libations. In any event, the freshly baked (and still warm) pretzels were a huge hit with our friends as well as the other patrons we offered them to.

And that’s the tale of the (k)not so easy adventure of baking sourdough pretzels. It was a fun and delicious journey. To be tried again, for certain. What baking adventures have you been on lately?


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8 Comments

  1. DelBlogger – Delaware – Boomer who Blogs, podcast host & coach, Social Media manager, educator, content creator, Brand Ambassador and Professional Speaker.
    Antionette Blake

    Wow – I love pretzels – have never made them myself but one day I may change my mind and try!

  2. bakinginatornado – I’m a former Director of Social Service and Retail Buyer, now SAHM to two teens. I’m still serving and buying, just with the money going out instead of in. I started baking to feed the hordes of teens who’ve made my basement their home, and continued when I realized it relieves stress. Since teens provide more stress than I’ve got butter and sugar, I blog, share recipes and vent at Baking In A Tornado. I’ve been featured on the websites Mamapedia, Scary Mommy, GenerationFabulous and Treat a Day and am published in the Life Well Blogged series and in the book The Mother of all Meltdowns.
    bakinginatornado

    I’ve joined the ranks of sourdough curious myself, just have to get up the courage to attempt that sourdough starter.

  3. Mica

    How awesome you could make your own! they look delicious and it is nice you were able to share them with friends too! 🙂

    Hope that you had a wonderful Christmas and you are enjoying this relaxing time between Christmas and new year 🙂

    • Rena – So Cal – old enough to know better but young enough to try.
      Rena Post Author

      I am so enjoying this new baking adventure.

  6. shelbeeontheedge1 – Watertown, NY – Over 40 Blogger living on the edge of sanity, midlife, and fashion. Army wife, boymom, and serious coffee drinker.
    shelbeeontheedge1

    You are so fabulous, my friend! What a fun thing to try! I have never made sourdough or any other kind of homemade pretzel before but they look delicious! I am completely impressed. Thanks for sharing and linking with me!

    Shelbee
    http://www.shelbeeontheedge.com

    • Rena – So Cal – old enough to know better but young enough to try.
      Rena Post Author

      I’ve been thoroughly enjoying this new baking adventure and I definitely want to try some other sourdough recipes.

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