Roasted Bar Nuts

Roasted Bar Nuts
Prep Time: 5 min      Cook Time: 7 min    Ready In: 12 min
Serving Size: 5 Cups


INGREDENTS

5 Cups of Mix Nuts
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
1/4 Cup Praprika
2 Tbs Roasemary
1 1/2 Tbs Butter (Room Tempature)



DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place nuts onto a lined sheet pan.
Toast nuts for 5-7 mintues or until the oil starts to seep out from the nuts.

Place the hot nuts into a large bowl, mix in butter and toss. The heat of the nuts will melt the butter.
Add in brown sugar, praprika, roasemary and toss until well mixed.

Place nuts back onto the baking sheet to let cool.

Pretzel Twists

Pretzel Twists

Prep Time: 1 hr 30 min      Cook Time: 8 min      Ready In: 1 hr 38 min
Serving Size: 48


INGREDIENTS
8 g Active Dry Yeast
1/2 Tsp Sugar
3/4 Cup Warm Water about 110 degrees
2 1/2 Cup Flour
1/4 Cup Sugar
2/3 Tsp Salt
1/2 Tbs Oil

1/2 Cup Baking Soda
4 Cup Boiling Water



DIRECTIONS

In a small bowl, combine warm water, dry yeast and 1/2 tsp sugar and let stand for 10 minutes.

In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar and salt. Make a well in the center of the bowl and add in oil and the yeast mixture.

Knead the dough until smooth about 10 minutes. Oil a bowl and place dough into the center. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and place in a warm place until the dough is double in size. This will take about one to one and a half hour depending on how warm the room is.

Pre heat the oven to 450 degrees. Line baking sheet pan with parchment paper. Place a sheet of wax paper onto a working surface. Separate dough into 48 pieces. Split each piece in half and roll dough into two balls. Form each ball into a rod  about 1.5 inch long with the palm of your hands. Twist two rod together to form a pretzel twist pinching the ends together.


In a medium size bowl, mix together boiling water and baking soda. Dip pretzel twist into the baking soda water for 30 seconds and place onto the baking pan.

Bake pretzels for 8 minutes.


For various topping ideas:

Dip pretzel in melted butter and sprinkle with salt
Dip pretzel in melted butter and sprinkle with Cinnamon sugar