Woolfairy

A few stray thoughts before Shabbat

1st the recipe for Pletzel

Onion Pletzel

From Spice and Spirit, altered by me

Dough:
1 cup warm water
1 package dry yeast (1 1/2 tsp SAF instant yeast)
2 tsps sugar
1 tsp salt
2 1/2-3 cups flour (1 c whole wheat 1 1/2-2 cups unbleached white)

Topping
1/4 cup margarine, melted (I used Earth Balance non-hydrogenated. No trans fats!)
1 cup chopped onion
2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp salt

USE: 2 9" round cake pans
YIELDS: 2 rounds

(I poured all the dough ingredients into my bread machine and ran the dough cycle.) Otherwise mix as you would any other bread dough.

After it has risen. split into two pieces. Flatten into sprayed 9" cake rounds. Spread 1/8 cup melted margarine into each round on top of the dough and then top with the chopped onion. Press the onion in with your fingers. Let rise another 45 minutes. Sprinkle with paprika and additional salt. Bake in 450F oven fir 20-25 minutes till browned. Cool in pans on wire racks. Best eaten warm.

I did about 5 rounds on the socks last night and decided to read instead. I am rereading my favorite gardening book called From the Ground Up by Amy Stewart It is funny and inspiring. I want a garden. We are in this small apartment just until August at which point I at least get a 2BR place. So, all of you who covet California, don't covet it too much. The cost of living here is TERRIBLE! Oh, sure we are able to play outside today in bare feet, but we have to do it on the little tiny strip of grass outside the steps from our upstairs 1BR apartment.