Pretzel Bites

Note to self:

Never assume the marker in a cookbook is 

for the recipe you intend to bake.

I somehow managed to pull the ultimate

Rachel Trifle

and baked the wrong recipe entirely.

I read through the recipe, 

bought both types of flour,

and finally carved out time to 

catch up on bread baking with

The Bread Bible Bakers.

Feeling quite pleased until

I reached the part that said to

form into a round loaf or put in a loaf pan.

Huh?  Thought they were supposed

to be shaped into little footballs?

Flipping back I finally notice

I made Basic Hearth Bread.

Seriously.

I have no idea.

Maybe my brain can't function without sugar.

So today I started again and it's an easy recipe

except my dough was very sticky

and didn't rise much.

I didn't hold out much hope

but boiled them in baking soda water

(instead of the lye step)

then brushed the tops

with beaten egg yolk.

Totally surprised 

to open the oven

and find perfectly browned

little rolls.

They are tasty tid bits.

Nice and soft and chewy.

Really good with

spicy Coleman's mustard.

I swear Rose is a magician.

~

The Bread Bible

by

Rose Levy Beranbaum