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I wanted to have fun food for my kiddos as we watched the Olympic opening ceremony on Friday. This was the first Olympics we’ve watched together as a family and I really want it to be fun & memorable =-) So here is what I came up with – Olympic Pretzels!
So I made my simple, homemade pretzel recipe:
- Put 2 1/2 teas yeast in 1 1/2 cups warm water with 1 1/2 teas sugar. Mix and allow to foam - about 5 minutes.
- Mix 4 cups flour & 3/4 teas salt with yeast starter and knead 5 minutes.
- Make dough into 5-10 pretzels. To get the tops to brown beat an egg and brush on the top. You can use coarse or sea salt on top of the egg as well!
- Bake at 450 F on ungreased cookie sheet for 10-12 minutes.
Then I made 5 balls and colored each ball with Wilton food coloring (you get truer colors that way).
After I thoroughly kneaded in the color. The whole family helped! We made 5 “ropes” out of each color. We made 5 because there are five of us in our family. Turns out it was the perfect number for the recipe =-)
I made the ropes into rings that interlocked (like the Olympic logo) and baked on a non-greased cookie sheet at 450 for 10 minutes.
And here are our Olympic Pretzels finished. They were delicious, colorful, and SO FUN!
My family is using the What’s in the Bible Olympics Pack – it has a wonderful schedule of what events are what day, coloring sheets, verses, puppets, bingo (my kids LOVE this) and more. Go grab yours here.
Today begins the Curriculum Clean-Out (hosted by Homeschool Creations). So make sure you’ve entered my 3 giveaways (just click on any image below) and then hop on over to see what other goodies you can snag =-)
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Your Olympic pretzels are awesome, Beth ... and I love that they were a whole-family project! Thanks for linking up with Montessori Monday. I pinned your post to my Olympic Unit Study Pinterest Board and added your post and photo to my Montessori-Inspired Olympic Unit at http://livingmontessorinow.com/2012/07/24/montessori-inspired-olympic-unit/
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ReplyDeleteHow fun! I love how these turned out. Thanks for sharing at the Sunday Showcase. :)
ReplyDeleteI loved this idea, and tried to do it, but I couldn't figure out how to get the thick dough to be so consistently colored. What's your secret?
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ReplyDeleteI used the Wilton Food Gel and then just spend about 5 minuted kneading each color. It just takes some work. But a side benefit, you'll feel the burn in your arms the next day =-)
Beth
stopping by to let you know i featured these this week on the Sunday Showcase! http://www.theiowafarmerswife.com/2012/08/the-sunday-showcase-olympics.html
ReplyDeleteI just found and followed your blog the other day. The title grabbed me--it's a topic God and I have been discussing lately :) I love the Olympic pretzels! I wrote a unit study on the Olympics, so they jumped out at me! If you'd like to check out my blog for kids, Exploring with Jake, you can find it at: http://writebonnierose.wordpress.com/. It's about kids learning about the needs of people all over the world, both the persecuted Church and those who have not heard about Jesus Christ yet. Plus, we have some fun and do some crafts along the way!
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