Astolphomy wife loves baked soft pretzels so I'm attempting to make them myself following an alton brown recipie to surprise her with when she comes home, shhh
I misread the recipe and added two tablespoons of salt to my proofing solution instead of two teaspoons and the yeast failed to proof so I had to start that over, off to an auspicious start
reserved the salt for the flour and left it out of the second proofing solution and like crazy, so now I have a beautiful hideous dough baby that's gonna spend the next hour-ish rising into a handsome pretzel boy
Er. The solution proofed like crazy. but I did not proofread when tooting about proofing.
gave the kids a bath, an egg wash, and a bit of salt and cheddar and now they're in the oven
This is the recipe I used, for those of you playing the home game - http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/homemade-soft-pretzels-recipe
okay I might be biased because I am both flush with a sense of accomplishment and it's also warm and soft from the oven but this is unquestionably the best soft pretzel I've ever eaten.
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