Game Night + Homemade Pretzels (with recipe)

There's only one affair that is as powerful as my sugariness tooth, these days, and its my SALT tooth. Is that a thing? Considering it should be?

Seriously, put a plate of french fries in front of me and they're gone. Or a loaf of bread with salted butter. Forget almost it! The only trouble is, if left to my own devices, I volition eat all of information technology! Past myself! Not expert.

And so, instead of keeping all the salty goodness to myself this fourth dimension, I thought I assemble up a few friends for a game dark run across upward with finger foods for all. I'yard ever looking for an excuse to gather with friends anyway, and so this seemed like the perfect alibi. Pretzels anyone?

I partnered with Get together, a Tumblr past Clorox that inspires/ cultivates great excuses for gathering with friends, to share my game night gathering inspiration, along with a (super delicious) recipe for homemade twisted ranch pretzels and sriracha marinara.

Game Night // neon playing cards and dominoes

Recipe for Homemade Ranch Pretzels and Sriracha Marinara

My favorite games to play with friends are classics…mainly card games and a little flake of dominoes. By the way, I started collecting interestingly designed decks of cards and information technology is and so much fun! This neon set up is my favorite so far (from here).And I just set them out on our dining table, so they were ready to get from the start.

Finger foods are a prissy become-to selection to go along things piece of cake. So I put together some raw veggies in mini baskets, in improver to the pretzels, to balance things out. And speaking of pretzels, here's the recipe in case you desire to make your own…

Recipe for (Easy) Homemade Ranch Pretzels and Sriracha Marinara

Twisted Ranch Pretzels Recipe (makes about 16)

Ingredients

– 1 oz package Subconscious Valley Original Ranch Salad Dressing & Seasoning Mix
– two packages pizza dough (shop-bought)
– i stick unsalted butter, room temperature
– flour, for dusting work surface
– extra butter for brushing on tiptop, melted (optional)
– sesame seeds for topping (optional)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Line the blistering sheet(s) with parchment newspaper.

In a basin, combine the butter and ranch dressing mix. Use a fork to mix thoroughly.

Cut each package of pizza dough in half, creating iv balls of dough in total.

Dust the work surface with flour and, using the rolling pin, ringlet out the beginning brawl of dough into a large rectangle. Spread the butter mixture onto the dough.

Starting from i edge, roll upwardly the pizza dough into a log shape. When looking at the dough from the side, yous should see a spiral of dough. Pinch the dough together along the long edge to shut information technology.

Using your hands, scroll out the dough into a long rope-like piece. Then cut the dough forth the length of the rope into 4 equal strips. Cut each of those strips in half to make them shorter (which volition give you 8 full strips per pizza dough). Then twist or roll each strip into a slightly longer section again, and so y'all take plenty length to make the pretzel shape.

Motion the strips of dough to the baking canvass and twist each strip into a pretzel shape. Bake for 8-ten minutes. Remove from the oven. Brush with butter and top with sesame seeds. Repeat with the remaining dough.

Sriracha Marinara Sauce

Combine 1 loving cup marinara sauce (store-bought) with2 tbsp sriracha hot sauce (accommodate to gustation) together in a small bowl and serve.

Recipe for (Easy) Homemade Pretzels and Sriracha Marinara

Recipe for (easy) homemade ranch pretzels +  sriracha marinara (so good!) and a colorful game night with friends.

Recipe for (easy) homemade ranch pretzels and sriracha marinara (so good!)

Recipe by Linda Jednaszewski
Concept, styling, and photography past Brittni Mehlhoff

What kinds of things do you like to practice when you lot gather with friends?

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