Recipe - The BEST Homemade Pretzel Bread

Recipe - The BEST Homemade Pretzel Bread

BAKED BREAD Homemade

The BEST Homemade Pretzel Bread recipe ever. Seriously, once you make this you will never be able to eat store-bought pretzel bread again! It’s dense, soft, chewy, buttery, salty and oh-so-delicious.

Servings 2 loaves (or 8 buns)

Ingredients

2 ¼ tsp yeast
1 cup warm water 105-110 degrees F
2 TBS whole milk

3 TBS brown sugar
4 TBS butter melted
1 tsp salt
3 cups all-purpose flour
4 quarts water
½ cup baking soda
Kosher salt to taste
2 TBS butter melted
1-2 TBS coarse sea salt

Instructions

1. Combine yeast, water, and brown sugar in the bowl of your standing mixer fitted with the dough hook. Let stand for 5 minutes (until foamy).
2. While yeast is proofing…melt butter in a microwave-safe bowl. Mix in milk and set aside.
3. Once yeast is proofed, add milk/butter to yeast mixture and mix on low speed with dough hook until just combined.
4. Add salt and flour and mix with dough hook until flour is fully incorporated.
5. Knead in your mixer until the dough forms a slightly tacky, but firm ball, you may need to add a little more flour 1 TBS at a time, but be careful, you want your dough a little tacky but not too sticky to handle.
6. Oil a large bowl, place the dough ball in the bowl, and cover with a damp towel in a warm place to let rise for one hour or until doubled in size.
7. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and bring the 4 quarts of water to a boil. When the water is boiling, slowly add the baking soda (Be careful or you will have a baking soda/water explosion)!
8. Remove the dough from the bowl and gently press out the air bubbles.
9. Visit Homemade Pretzel Bread @ joyfoodsunshine.com for full instructions.

Recipe - Homemade Scalloped Potatoes with Goat Cheese and Garlic

Recipe - Homemade Scalloped Potatoes with Goat Cheese and Garlic

BAKED Homemade Potatos

Homemade scalloped potatoes with goat cheese, garlic and rosemary. Creamy and cheesy with a crispy Parmesan topping, this recipe is easy and impressive!

YIELD: Serves 6

Ingredients:

1 1/2 pounds small Yukon gold potatoes, scrubbed with peels on*
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
3 cloves minced garlic
1 teaspoon kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

5 ounces goat cheese
1/4 cup whole milk
1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh rosemary

Notes:
*I do not recommend russet potatoes for this recipe, as they have less flavor, a dryer texture, and thicker skin than Yukon golds.

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly grease a 1 1/2  to 2-quart casserole dish with baking spray. Set aside.
2. With a mandoline or sharp chef’s knife, slice the potatoes into very thin slices, 1/8-inch-thick or less. Place the potatoes in a large bowl, drizzle with olive oil, then sprinkle with the minced garlic, salt, and pepper. Toss to coat the slices as evenly as you can.
3. Visit Homemade Scalloped Potatoes with Goat Cheese and Garlic @ wellplated.com for full directions.