90 minute soft pretzles
12 pretzles
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 3½ | cup | All purpose flour |
| 2 | tablespoons | Sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | pack | Active dry yeast |
| 1 | cup | Water |
| 1 | tablespoon | Margerine |
| 1 | tablespoon | Water |
| 1 | Egg yolk, beaten | |
| Coarse salt | ||
Directions
Mix 1c flour, sugar, salt and undissolved yeast. Heat 1c water and margerine to 123 degrees. Gradually add to dry ingredients; beat 2 mins at medium speed of mixer. Add 1/2c flour.
Beat at high speed 2 mins. Stir in enough additional flour to make a soft dough. On floured board, knead 5 mins. Set in greased bowl; turn to grease top. Cover and let rise in warm draft-free place 40 mins.
Divide dough into 12 equal pieces. Roll each into a 20 inch rope.
Shape into pretzles or other things. Place on greased baking sheets.
Cover, let rise 5 mins. Mix egg yolk and 1T water; brush on pretzles.
Sprinkle with coarse salt. Bake at 375 15 mins. Originally on Cooking Echo Shared again by Lisa Greenwood Submitted By WESLEY PITTS On 08-04-95