The smell of brats is in the air.
The Brewers just had the home opener.
It is Spring and Baseball season.
OK... I am not going to lie, I don't follow baseball but baseball season is one time of the year that drunkeness is the all American way of being... Kinda like St Paddy's day.
So here is something for all you baseball fans.
Pretzel Bread!
You will need:1 package dry yeast
1 cup warm water
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups flour
egg yokes to brush on dough
Coarse Salt ( didn't have any so I used fleur de sal, it worked out wonderfully)
To Make: (it is simple)
Put yeast, melted butter, sugar and warm water in a bowl and wisk until the yeast is dissolved.
Set aside.
In a large bowl wisk salt and flour together.
Add yeast mix to the flour mix.
Knead dough until smooth.
Place dough in clean bowl, cover, place in a warm spot and leave it alone until it doubles.
Preheat oven to 400° and grease what ever you want to bake your bread on or in. You can make pretzels if you want or mini loaves, or I put them in a cupcake pan so they would look like little baseball.
Form your dough and then brush with egg and top with coarse salt.
Bake bread for 30 mins... well it all depends on what you are making. The pretzels will be less, the loaves will be more.
Enjoy with some Wisconsin Cheese and a Miller.
