I guess this has become a food blog.  whatever.

Last night I made pretzels for the first time.  Gluten Free/Sugar Free pretzels, mind you.  Why do I go to the trouble to find a recipe that is not only gluten free but sugar free?  well, because of the 4 friends who cannot have gluten and the one friend who cannot have sugar.  I guess this is how I show love to friends.  The pretzels were a great compliment** to Brian’s Beer Tasting Party.  (side note:  beer sampling can be deceiving because you don’t really have any idea how much you have drunk.)

Instead of posting the recipe--I will direct you to the blog where I found it if you are interested.  She has a really thorough step by step guide with pictures HERE.  Please note that I just NOW read the heading of her blog.  I don’t know how much I support the statement.  maybe i do, i don’t know.   I did change a few things from her recipeto make it gluten free. 

Here’s my recipe for gluten free flour:

1. 2c.  Brown Rice Flour
   

2. 2/3c. Potato Starch
   

3. 1/3c.  Tapioca Starch  (you can get all these things at New Leaf or other stores)
   

4. add 1/4 t. Xanthum gum for every cup of flour you use.  i.e.  This recipe called for 8 cups of flour, so I put in 2 teaspoons of xanthum gum.
   

Here’s the crown I made for the winner.  I’m pretty sure there was some cheating.  Especially scoring something -1 or 11 when it is a scale of 1-10.

**you know what WASN’T a great compliment?  Mohave Red.