Cinnamon Pretzels

We had a snow day today...plenty of the white stuff! With school cancelled, we had the kiddos home, and they were looking for something fun to do. They pulled out their Rainy Day Play book (which we renamed the Snowy Day Play book just for the day). They found a fun idea for making soft pretzels. I remembered that I had a ball of frozen pizza dough from Grandin Bakery in our freezer. I put it in the fridge to thaw this morning and it was ready to go later in the afternoon.

I had brown pizza dough on hand, but we also make white dough at the bakery if you prefer. The kids made long "snakes" out of the dough and shaped them into letters, pretzels and other shapes (including Santa's sleigh, can you spot it in the last picture?) We put the shapes onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. My parchment is oven-safe to 425°F. If you don't have any that is safe at that temperature, just use a greased baking sheet. We then brushed the pretzels with melted (salted) butter, and sprinkled them with cinnamon and a generous amount of brown sugar.

The pretzels went into the oven, preheated to 425°F, for about 12 minutes. How long you bake them will depend on how thick they are. Ours were about as thick as my thumb.

When the pretzels came out of the oven, we let them cool on the pan for a couple minutes and then moved them to a wire rack to rest until they were cool enough to eat. The kids dipped them in maple syrup...mmm...just right!

Glad I had the dough in the freezer. Made this project quick and easy. One snow day down, how many to go?

Wedding Showers

It's wedding season!

Planning a shower for a friend? If you are, then we've got sweet goodies for you. Our decorators love to do custom cookies, cupcakes and cakes. Just let us know what the wedding colors are and we can come up with something special for your party.

Check out some of our favorites we've done this year:

Bride Cookie

Groom Cookie

Wedding Cake Cookie with Couple's Initials

Wedding Dress Cake made with Cupcakes

Roses Cake: Shades of Purple

 

If you find other ideas that you like online, let us know. We always love trying new things! Questions? Call our decorators at 780-459-6560.

Homemade Focaccia

Helen, who works at our bakery, often recommends using our pizza dough to make Focaccia bread. We thought we'd share her instructions with you all. Thanks, Helen!

HELEN'S FOCACCIA:

Take 2 balls of Grandin Bakery's pizza dough and combine into one large ball. Place dough in a lightly greased cookie sheet and flatten. Poke dough with finger tips to create indents.

Brush with olive oil (flavored or plain). Sprinkle spices on top. Choices are yours, but some good ones to try are garlic, oregano, and pepper flakes. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top (or your choice of cheese).

Bake until golden @ 350 degrees F.

** If you've never used our pizza dough, we keep it hidden in the freezer. White or brown. Just ask for it at the counter.