Used and Loved:
10/11/10
Happy Thanksgiving Canada!
Pretzels (made yesterday):
1 Package of yeast
1 1/2 cup of water
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
4 cups of flour
1 egg (to coat pretzel before oven)
Directions:
Turn the oven on at 375 degrees. Put the yeast in warm water and place on the oven for ten minutes. Mix dry ingredients together with a whisk.
Add active yeast to dry ingredients. Remove any rings (:-) and knead dough until smooth and firm. make it into a ball, and place in back in the bowl. Cover it with a towel and leave it for half an hour.
Once it has risen. put it on the counter, and create the regular pretzel or braid pattern. This is a great opportunity to get kids involved- have them make their name!
Place the finished patterns on a greased cookie sheet and coat with beaten egg (use a brush to put this coating on). The pretzels should be finished in aprox. 10-15 minutes.
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Peanut Butter Cookies
- 1 cup of butter
- 1 cup crunchy peanut butter- I used all natural crunchy peanut butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together
Cream together butter, peanut butter and sugars, and beat in eggs
Stir- you can refrigerate to harden the peanut butter, but I didn’t- and because of the firmness of all natural peanut butter , there was no problem
Roll into small balls and put on baking sheets with parchment paper. Flatten each ball with a fork
Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes or until cookies begin to brown
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