Once the girls had spent some good time playing with their cousin, we set to work on the pretzels. Having played a lot with playdough lately, Kathleen was perfectly prepared for her tasks.
She carefully rolled the dough and (with her uncle's help) twisted it into a pretzel shape. Once he'd dunked each pretzel into the baking soda bath, Kathleen painted it with an egg wash and sprinkled it with salt.
Madeline missed the first batch of pretzel making (she was at gymnastics!), but her uncle kindly saved some dough for her. (You can see the delicious, finished pretzels in the background.) She was thrilled.
Of course, we were all pretty thrilled when we got to eat fresh, hot, soft pretzels for lunch! (We added some fresh fruit and cheese and veggies to the plate so that I didn't feel utterly irresponsible. But we all knew: we were having a pretzel for lunch!)
We had such a fun morning. And we can't wait for another excuse to make -- and, more importantly, eat -- soft pretzels. Perhaps this fall we'll finally get around to throwing that Oktoberfest party we've always talked about...
3 comments:
Ohhh, thanks for the idea Kristen. I'm going to try these!
Looks like fun!
Oooh, those look yummy! If we ever eat through the box of frozen pretzels we bought at Costco a few months back we'll have to try these out.
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