Pretzel and Game Night

I have been craving soft pretzels. So the hubs bought some in the freezer section at the grocery store.
Yuck!
While I was in Nashville visiting my parents we decided to have a pretzel and game night. One of my favorite things to do with both my mom and dad is cook. There is something so grounding about standing in the kitchen together and cooking. Of course wine is ALWAYS involved. Besides the yummy super cab the hubs made in our basement, my 2 favorite red wines right now are Apothic and Primal Roots.

So I started pinning pretzel recipes. I pinned lots! I picked one that had a few different options and went from there.
I found this pin and picked the ham and cheese pretzels to make. My little sister doesn't eat red meat or pork products. I don't understand that AT ALL! :) So I needed a non meat option too. The spinach and cheese one looked good too, so I decided to just use one pretzel recipe and use both stuffings. It was too complicated to try 2 different doughs.

So here is the recipe link for the pretzel part along with the ham and cheese bit. 

And here is where I pulled the spinach and cheese filling from.

The only thing I changed was on accident for this one. My mom grabbed the bread flour instead of regular flour. It didn't seem to make a difference. I also didn't measure the ingredients. I don't like to measure.

These pretzels were PERFECT! They were buttery and golden brown, they were gooey, they were insanely good!

These will definitely make the regular rotation! I am already dreaming of other yummy filling option! Including sweets like butter, cinnamon, sugar or nutella!

We even ate them for breakfast the next morning!

And I overheard my dad tell my mom that she needed to remember the recipe to make it for him again! Dad's approval means the world!