Pretzel Buns

Today was a fun Saturday at home with Josh. Working in our yard- trying to get the garden tilled and planted along with putting our new bee family in their hive. Josh is taking up bee keeping which I am very excited about. 

I had thawed hamburgers out for our lunch, but realized I didn't have any bread. I remembered a pretzel bun I once had from Costco- so I quick mixed
up my regular, soft pretzel recipe and made it into buns. Super easy and tasty. A new twist to your regular hamburger bun.

 Form into rolls, dip in soda water, slit the top and sprinkle with course salt.

30 minutes later you have fresh hamburger buns.

Bring on summer.

Pretzel Buns

1 1/2 cups warm water

1 Tbsp. dry yeast

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/4 tsp. salt

4-5 cups of flour

course salt

2 Tbsp. baking soda

2 cups hot water
melted butter

Whisk together warm water and yeast. Add sugar, salt and flour and knead until elastic. Cover and let rise 10 minutes. Divide dough into ten pieces and form into rolls. Mix together hot water and baking soda- dip entire roll into soda mixture and place on greased cookie sheet or parchment paper. Slice the top 
of each roll and sprinkle with course salt. Bake at 375 for 12 minutes.

Brush the tops with melted butter.

 Our 15,000 bees finding their new home.

Blessings,

Hope

Artisan Style Bread

I had been wanting to go over to my friend Amy's house and watch her bake bread. She always bakes wonderful bread with a crusty outside and chewy inside. She informed me that I could do it, but I wondered if I had the touch. After watching her I thought 'I can actually create this goodness myself'. So I tried it by myself and it actually turned out.

You must try it too. Everyone should.

Just mix together ingredients and let set for 12-20 hours. Then pour dough on a floured surface. Fold it over once or twice. Place on floured cloth. Heat your dutch oven, plop the dough in and 30 minutes later, when you open the lid, you will be amazed. You will feel like you've climbed Mt. Everest in one day.

It about brings me to tears, of course, tears of joy.

I've made this three times within a week.

 I gifted my mother-in-law with a warm loaf this morning.

It was her Birthday and she deserves warm packages.

Go here for the recipe.
Thanks for the inspiration, Amy. 

Let me know how it turns out for you!

Blessings,

Hope

Corn Bread

Here is my corn bread recipe

I told you folks I'd post.

This recipe isn't your traditional

crumbly corn bread. It's more

moist and a little cake like.

I prefer it this way, but some may not.

It's the only corn bread recipe I use.

It came from my mom's recipe box.

You can bake it in a 9 in. pan or muffin pans.

Butter and honey are it's best friends.

Corn Bread

3/4 cup corn meal

1 cup flour

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. baking powder

3 Tbsp. sugar

2 eggs

2 Tbsp. butter, melted

1 cup sour cream

3/4 cup buttermilk

Mix together and pour into greased, 9 in. baking pan or muffin cups.

Bake at 350 for 20 min. for 9 in. or 14 min. for muffin cups.

Serve warm with butter and honey.

Enjoy,

Hope