The aroma of freshly baked bread filling the house, particularly on a cold winter day, just makes you feel like a good wife and momma. One of the best excuses I find for getting away from the computer is to go to the kitchen. This day I decided to make a project with the kids, because especially my son, seemed to need a project. So pretzels it was.The kids struggled to get the dough in skinny strands to twist into pretzels; it kept springing back, so we ended up with some huge pretzels!
large homemade pretzel shapes
Notice the creativity in shaping the pretzels, in addition to their large size.
homemade hamburger buns
Next was hamburger buns. I found a recipe on www.heavenlyhomemakers.com and decided to give it a try. They took a long time, but boy were they good. Made with 100% whole wheat, they were light and fluffy and not crumbly. The odd-shaped one was using the last of the dough. I think it gives character to be odd-shaped. I also used her recipe for sloppy joes and that was dinner. Success!
sloppy joes with homemade buns
Those pretzels look great! I made some into letters for my preschooler!
I will HAVE to try those hamburger buns! I keep seeing them around the blogosphere and all this drooling has got to stop! LOL
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Yummo! Those both look great! I love projects you can eat!