Pretzels

Back in October my mom and I went about making some pretzels. We had made pretzels a long time ago and I remembered them tasting delicious.  I went online to www.tastykitchen.com to try and find a pretzel recipe that sounded good.  Pretzels are a pretty basic recipe so I found a pretty simple recipe. Sweet Basil on tasty kitchen has a really good recipe.  We sprinkled half of them with salt and the other half with cinnamon sugar.  They were both equally delicious. 

Ingredients

·        4-½ Tablespoons Yeast

·        3 cups Warm Water

·        2 Tablespoons Sugar

·        6 Tablespoons Brown Sugar

·        2-½ teaspoons Salt

·        8 cups Flour

·        2 Tablespoons Baking Soda

·        2 cups Water

·        ¼ cups Margarine, To Brush On Pretzels

Preparation Instructions

Dissolve the yeast in the 3 cups warm water. Combine the sugars, salt, and flour into a mixer. Add the yeast mixture and mix on high speed for 8 minutes.

Put dough in a greased bowl and let rise 1 hour. Roll into 12-16 ropes about 18 inches long. Let rise 15 minutes.

Roll ropes again till about 24 inches long. Twist into pretzels. Dip in a mixture of the baking soda and 2 cups of water. Put on a greased cookie sheet, or parchment sprinkled with flour works best. Let sit 10-15 minutes.

Bake at 450F for 8 minutes. Brush lightly with melted margarine and sprinkle with coarse salt, sea salt, Parmesan cheese or cinnamon and sugar.

Note: for cinnamon crunch pretzels, just add an equal portion of brown sugar to the cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top.