Friday Recipe: Salted Pretzel Rolls & Garlic-Butter Bites by Bake Your Day

If you ‘re new here you might be wondering why I’m posting our Friday Recipe on Sunday night. The rest of you already know why: because I can’t get my act together! Just when I think I’m getting back into my routine I run across a speed-bump (a heinous cold, physical therapy, raccoons) and it throws me off course again. It’s tough being me.

One thing I did right was make these Salted Pretzel Rolls from Bake Your Day. I follow Bake Your Day’s blog and have tried a few other of her recipes with great success so I thought, “Why not!” I like rolls. I like pretzels. This is a mash-up I can get behind.

First off I want to tell you, these are deeeeeee-licious! I mean, seriously delicious. The outsides with their browned & salted tops are crispy-crunchy but the insides remain fluffy and delightful, especially straight from the oven all hot and steaming… with a pat of butter….

Second, this recipe is so much easier than you might imagine. For the “mixing” part, the electric mixer does all the work. Then there is a 2-step cooking process which sounds intimidating but trust me it’s easy and kinda fun. You feel a little bit like a scientist and afterward you will feel smarter. Rolls that are scrumptious as well as raise your IQ!

Thirdly, there is a 2nd option in this recipe to make them into pretzel bites instead of rolls. I put aside a couple handfuls of dough to try the pretzel bites. After you make the “bites”, simply toss a smashed clove of garlic and some butter into a pan, warm over medium until it is melted. Throw out the garlic clove and toss in some chopped parsley. Drizzle over the pretzel bites and eat while still warm.

I made these pretzel rolls/bites one Saturday when I was by myself at home and they were so good I threw them in a cloth napkin and drove down the road to my brother’s house to share with him and his family. As it turned out, he was having a shooting party so we passed the pretzel bites around till they were gone; it took about 47 seconds. Later my brother called to tell me how insanely delicious they were. They are that good.

So jump on over to Bake Your Day and give it a try! You will either love me because they are so tasty or hate me because you just can’t stop eating them.

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I’ve been getting back into the kitchen a little more, but I’m having a hard time taking photos at the same time. I know I prefer to read a recipe post with photos, I’m betting you do too. So if anyone would like to volunteer to follow me around day after day and take pictures of my hands, measuring spoons and cutting board I am accepting applications. The stipend pays in pretzel bites. No takers?