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I make! Garlic knot edition

I really thought I had posted this already…

I was inspired to make garlic knots recently because I saw a photo of some garlic knots.  So I made some.  Just pizza dough (with some dried parsley, oregano, and parm kneaded in with it).  And then a coat of melted butter and more parm grated over the top.  And then into a 400degF oven for about 10 minutes.  They’re good.

The pizza dough wasn’t my normal several day rise pizza dough because…the garlic knots weren’t really planned.  I borrowed the pizza dough recipe from Sorted food.

I used all purpose flour in place of the strong flour they call out.  I think I do have high gluten flour somewhere, but I didn’t bother digging it out. Also, I didn’t bother with their directions on how to make the dough.  I proofed my yeast beforehand with the warm water and maybe a teaspoon of sugar and then kneaded the dough in the KitchenAid until the dough formed a smooth ball and let it rise until doubled in volume.  The Sorted food recipe makes enough dough for a dozen garlic knots.

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I make! Hot dog flowers

I had extra hot dogs (kosher, all beef) one time.  I had been putting them into things to try and get rid of them, like soup or eggs or chili or anything else where hot dogs might be a bit unexpected but not overtly disgusting.  I managed to get rid of all the hot dogs except for two.  So I decided to make some hot dog flowers with them.

You might think “hot dog flowers” sound really strange.  I guess it is, rather.  But they’re a staple in a lot of Asian bakeries.  If you look up any Asian bakery, you’ll definitely find some kind of hot dog bread.  Often, they’re kind of in bun form, but not the hot dog buns you’d find annoying packed in 8s as opposed to your hot dog 10-packs.  Asian hot dog buns are slightly sweeter, often topped with sesame seeds, and formed and baked around the hot dog itself.

But I didn’t want to make Asian hot dog buns.  I wanted to make the elusive hot dog FLOWER.  Why a flower over a bun?  No good reason.  Just wanted to.  So I did.

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I kind of mashed a bunch of recipes together to make the bread and I didn’t write it down (of course).  But here’s the original video that inspired the hot dog flowers.  I was also trying to get rid of some green onions (and I didn’t have any sesame seeds) so that’s what I used.  I…also…forgot them…in the oven…maybe.  I didn’t intend for them to get quite as dark as they did.  Oh well.  They still tasted good.