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(now let's kick off)
In honor of superbowl sunday (a day which many men(..and women) consider a holiday), I'll be putting together a staple of tailgate happiness. Pretzels and dogs. well, I'll be using sausages. hotdogs are too wimpy for this song and occasion. kapeesh.
Now I have to admit. I don't really know much about football, and I'll never try to pretend that I know or can define any complicated rules or scoring besides an interception... If I went to UGA, I'm sure I'd get beat up for admitting this. Uga's too sweet, but Hairy Dawg.. who can tell with that one.
I can't even say I'd know that much if I didn't go to school in Pittsburgh, experience TWO superbowl wins by the Steelers, and then walk the streets to witness the demolition that occurred because of it.
cars were flipped, frat couches burned, and people were hit in the head by flying shoes. and apparently, this happened too:
So here's to you, you Steelers. you're great. and you kept me mildly informed and constantly amazed.
Pretzel Dogs
(adapted from A Dash of Sass)
(whoops-there's no egg replacer in this recipe. meant to pull out vegetable oil. go ahead some of you, breathe your sigh of relief)
1 1/2 cups warm water
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 package dry active yeast
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
10 cups water
2/3 cup baking soda*
kosher (or regular) salt for topping
4 tofurkey sausages, cut in half (once lengthwise and once widthwise)
vegetable oil
foil
- in bowl, combine first three ingredients. then sprinkle yeast on top. leave alone for 5 minutes.
- pour in butter and flour.
- with hand mixer or standing mixer, pulse bowl contents to combine, till dough pulls away from bowl and sticks like crazy to mixer. about 4-5 minutes.
-lightly coat large bowl with vegetable oil, or non stick spray. put dough inside. cover with foil. put bowl on top on stove to rise for 1 whole hour (if you can stand it). my pretty baby did its double in size in 40 min.
-Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Line two cookie sheets with foil that has been lightly coated in veg. oil or non stick spray. leave nearby.
-In a large pot, bring the 10 cups of water and the baking soda to a roiling boil.
-in small pan, brown sausages in tsp olive oil.
- lightly coat counter/table top in vegetable oil. dump dough. cut equal pieces dough balls to sausages. then roll out baby balls into 12 in long ropes.
-wrap half sausage bits in rope dough. pinch ends to seal. place on foil.
- Boil pretzel dogs, one by one, in the baking soda water for 30 seconds each.
-remove each pretzel dog from the water and place it on a drying rack to allow any extra baking soda mixture to drip off.
- Place the boiled pretzel dogs back on foil. sprinkle with salt.
- Bake until golden brown. about 12-14 min.
and behold...serve warm, dipping and dunking, to superbowler.
Dash of Sass said this was "dangerously easy"..and I can tell you that was not quite the case.
I know that kind of goes against the 'simple' part of scoredandsimple, but I had to try them. and it is really worth it!!
so long as you know:
there's a good bit of waiting.
a good bit of watching.
you sort of need the right kitchen supplies to make this.
my little hand mixer met her death after five faithful years when I plugged her in- before even meeting the dough mixture! so thank god my roommate has a standing mixer.
I didnt have the parchment paper 'required', but greased foil worked perfectly.
so I highly recommend you make these with a good kitchen mate and tunes to keep this the fun little project it should be.
I like to eat mine with dijon, honey and spicy mustards, while quietly humming steelers superbowl song.
These babies are FIL.LING. its in your best interest to make sure there's a beverage nearby when eating them.
- Bake until golden brown. about 12-14 min.
and behold...serve warm, dipping and dunking, to superbowler.
Dash of Sass said this was "dangerously easy"..and I can tell you that was not quite the case.
I know that kind of goes against the 'simple' part of scoredandsimple, but I had to try them. and it is really worth it!!
so long as you know:
there's a good bit of waiting.
a good bit of watching.
you sort of need the right kitchen supplies to make this.
my little hand mixer met her death after five faithful years when I plugged her in- before even meeting the dough mixture! so thank god my roommate has a standing mixer.
I didnt have the parchment paper 'required', but greased foil worked perfectly.
so I highly recommend you make these with a good kitchen mate and tunes to keep this the fun little project it should be.
These babies are FIL.LING. its in your best interest to make sure there's a beverage nearby when eating them.
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