Hi friends!

As some of you may know, my birthday happens to land on National Pretzel Day (April 26) and over the past few years, I’ve been celebrating in different ways. Typically, Philly Pretzel Factory offers free pretzels and other pretzel companies do similar promotions and I love to make the most of it! Two years ago I tried a bunch of locally made pretzels leading up to my birthday and then reviewed them. Last year I even planned a whole pretzel tour of Lancaster County for myself, Dom, Elizabeth, and my mother and it was awesome! This year, in the midst of COVID-19 lock downs, I decided it would be lots of fun to try to make pretzels myself! I took to Google and found 6 new recipes I’m going to try over the next 6 weeks leading up to my birthday and then tell you all about them. Since this is still a style blog, I am also going to use each post to tell you a little bit about something I have in the pretzel style!

For my birthday a few years ago Dom bought me this really awesome “Feeling Salty” cup from The Glitter Grotto (theglittergrotto.com) and I still absolutely love it. It’s got salty and pretzel style and I love to make some lemonade in it 🙂

I felt cute drinking out of it as the pretzels baked and when they came out of the oven, they tasted great with the lemonade!

The recipe I used this week was from the website Sally’s Baking Addiction (https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/30-minute-whole-wheat-pretzels/) and I think they came out really tasty! My only advice to myself for next time is to watch the pretzels more closely if the recipe calls for them to be in the broiler for more than a minute or two, and to add more salt! I thought I added enough salt, but when I tasted them, they needed more. Another thing I failed to realize was how many pretzels the recipe yielded — there were too many for just the three of us. Next week I may try to make pretzel rolls instead so we can at least eat dinner on them! Since I don’t have much to compare them to, being the first recipe I tried, I will say they were pretty good. Next week I’ll determine if they or the new recipe is better. For now, I’ll give them 4/5 Pretzels! 🥨🥨🥨🥨

Let me know if you’ve tried any good pretzel recipes!

Happy Journey to Pretzel Day! ❤ Juli