Who doesn’t love a good Garlic Knot? Crispy outside, soft inside, filled with a bread telling you how to weave garlic and butter together – only to have it melt in your mouth. Oh man, I was feeling it. A deep desire that I could smell, even before I started.

I found this easy recipe on Sally’s Baking Recipes page, photo above is from her page, the recipe seemed simple enough for a person who’s never made these before, so off I went – ensured I had all the ingredients, clean counter, all the utensils, printed the recipe, etc… ready to create.

Well, the first batch didn’t even make the dough – pour that out. Take a few deep breaths, let’s try again, maybe I had forgotten something. Well, this time I had dough. It took on a life of its own, exactly as the directions predicted. Sally even provides videos and strongly suggests you do a review. I did that. I would start the video, play it till she stopped – then I would follow her lead. Step by step. Well, I did something wrong.

They came out harder than a hockey puck. So the cat had a treat – something new to chase across the floor.

I will admit they smelt great. After reverifying that I had used all the right ingredients, did each step correctly, I think what I did wrong was kneading the dough too long in the mixer. In her video, she removed the dough from the mixing bowl and kneaded it herself, whereas I used the mixer to do that. I will try to make these again, only this time I will follow her video exactly as she so proudly presented.

Thank you Sally, I’ll try again.