Pretzel Buns (Laugenbrötchen)

I've always wanted to try making pretzel buns. They look so gorgeous with their dark outer crust contrasted against the white interior. 

The interior of these pretzel buns, (the buns are also known as laugenbrötchen), is soft and dense, and the crust is thin and crispy, just like a soft pretzel. 

Hot Buttered Soft Pretzels

If you have a craving for fresh pretzels, whip up a batch of these easy-to-make hot buttered soft pretzels. 

These hot buttered pretzels, brushed with melted butter right after baking, are irresistable. 

Sourdough Soft Pretzels

Soft sourdough pretzels are a wonderful bar snack that you can also make at home. 

Serve these with a German beer and sweet mustard to celebrate Octoberfest. 

Pretzel Croissants

Pretzel croissants! A cross between croissants and pretzels. There are cronuts, so why not pretzel croissants?

These pretzel croissants get their "pretzel-ness" because they are prepared with a dough made with beer instead of water, dipped into a baked baking soda wash, and then sprinkled with salt.

Peanut Butter and Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies

These peanut butter and pretzel chocolate chip cookies are sweet and salty, and combine all of your favorite cookie flavors.

Imagine a peanut butter cookie, an oatmeal cookie, and a chocolate chip cookie all mixed together in one chewy cookie. Throw in some pretzels and sprinkle the tops with sea salt, and you have all of your favorite cookies rolled up into one.

Game Day Cookies

These Game Day Cookies take all of your favorite game day snacks and incorporate them into a cookie. 

What are the ingredients in these game day cookies? 

• There are mini pretzels, which you break up by hand, but not too much. Don't crush them because you want actual pieces of pretzels in these cookies. 

Everything Bagel Soft Pretzel Knots

Made from scratch Everything Bagel Soft Pretzel Knots! The dough is really easy to make, and produces a soft and slightly chewy pretzel.

What gives homemade soft pretzels their amazing dark color and distinctive flavor is dipping them in a bath of water and baking soda before baking. It's not as scary as it sounds.

Instead of pretzel salt, I topped these soft pretzel knots with Everything Bagel topping. Everything Bagels got their name from bakers taking all of the leftover bagel toppings, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, onion flakes, dried garlic, and salt, and combining them together and sprinkling the mixture over bagels.

Pretzel and Potato Chip Cookies with Butterscotch Frosting

I adore the salty sweet flavors of these Pretzel and Potato Chip Cookies with Butterscotch Frosting.

These cookies are loaded with crushed pretzels and potato chips, and the frosting on top has a delicious butterscotch flavor.

Ballpark Pretzels

These Ballpark Pretzels, fresh from the oven, will satisfy your craving for the chewy, pull-apart, salty pretzels you can get at a baseball stadium.

 I predict that, if you have about six people over for game day, and you serve these pretzels fresh from the oven, the pretzels will disappear in about five minutes.

Stuffed Pretzel Bites

These pretzel bites are stuffed with little sausages or mini hot dogs. They are ridiculously good and amazingly easy to make. They only take about an hour and a half from start to finish.

That I could make something with yeast and serve it as an appetizer is something that seemed impossible to me. Yeast? Seriously? Yes!!