Look at this pile of pretzels! I must admit that I did not make the pretzels for Oktoberfest this year. Our annual Oktoberfest party has grown so large that it just isn't feasible to make ALL the food for the party and actually enjoy the party too. So, this year we subbed out the pretzels to a local German bakery we discovered a few months ago. Best decision EVER.

Don't worry, there was still plenty to do to get ready for the party. Here's my entire Oktoberfest menu this year:

Beer brats and buns
Pretzels
German potato salad
Obatdza cheese dip
German cucumber salad
Plum vanilla crumble bars
Pflaumenkuchen
Zwetschgendatschi (Prune Plum Cake) from Das Cookbook
German candies
Oktoberfest beer

I'm on the lookout all year long for interesting Oktoberfest recipes. You can see my collection of Oktoberfest recipes on Pinterest.

Last but not least, here's my cute German husband in his lederhosen with Halley the Wunderpuppy, and a few photos I snapped while assembling the Zwetschgendatschi.

Prost!

Hooray for Rain!