Pretzels Day 2

Daniel Bigelow

Feb 17, 2024 — 1 min read

I had a goal on my workout today of running 10 straight minutes. For some reason my body was just not cooperating. At about 5 minutes I got really dizzy so I slowed down. I then ran intervals and got up to 15 minutes of running total for the workout, but I really wanted that 10 minutes straight. I'll try again next week, something was just off.

I made pretzels again today. They turned out amazing this time. The dough rose correctly, the soda bath worked correctly, and they tasted amazing. I added the baking soda slower and stirred more and I think that was really the trick with the crust. They were all gone within two hours though.

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