Great snacks during the summer are always a must. And having them be easy to make is an added bonus. Today I am going to show you how to make three of may favorite ones, for the summer and for the rest of the year.
My favorite of all snacks to make is homemade pretzels. They are super delicious and pretty easy to make (even though they take a couple of hours).
What you're going to need is:
1 cup of milk
1 package of dry yeast
3 tablespoons of light brown sugar
2 1/4 cups of flour
10 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon of fine salt
1/3 cups baking soda
2tablespoons coarse salt
The first thing you're going to do is warm up the milk in a saucepan till about 110 degrees.
Then pour the milk into a bowl and sprinkle the yeast on top and let the yeast soften, about 2 minutes.
Then stir in the brown sugar and 1 cup of flour with a wooden spoon. Then dice two tablespoons of softened butter and add it to the mixture.
Add the remaining flour (1 1/4 cups) and fine salt. Stir until all mixed together and the dough is sticky.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and kneed until the dough becomes smooth but still slightly tacky.
Roll the dough into a ball and place it in a bowl. Cover the bowl and let it sit in a warm spot for about an hour, or until the dough has doubled in size.
After the dough has set, preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Punch the dough to deflate it and pour it out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into small pieces and roll them into balls. Then dissolve the baking soda in 3 cups of warm water. Dunk each of the pretzels into the baking soda water mixture (this keeps the soft on the inside). Then place them onto a greased pan. Put then in the oven for about 6 minutes or until they are golden brown.
When they are done baking, melt the remaining 8 tablespoons and then pour it over top of the pretzels. Then take the coarse salt and sprinkle it over top of the pretzels, and viola, ready to eat.
Another fun recipe is chocolate covered Pringles. These have to be one of the easiest things ever to make and they taste delicious.
All you need is Pringles (original flavor) and chocolate, I used milk chocolate but you can use what ever type you want.
All you are going to have to do is melt the chocolate and then dip the Pringles in it. You don't need a lot of chocolate because then you can't taste the Pringle part, I used too much chocolate on mine.
Then lay them out on a piece of parchment paper and pop them into the fridge of freezer so they can harden up.
One of my favorite drinks is this raspberry lemonade freeze thing.
You just need any kind of raspberry sorbet and any kind of lemonade.
All you need to do is blend your sorbet and lemonade in a mixer. The amounts you use is up the consistency you want. The more lemonade you use, the thinner it will be, the more sorbet, the thicker it will be.
Then just pour it into a pitcher and you have a great drink for the summer!
I hope you choose to try out one or all of these great snacks, they are all super great and easy (for the most part). Talk to you guys soon!
Squad Out - Caroline
