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Pretzels




Source of Recipe


Dolores Casella


List of Ingredients




1 cake yeast
1 1/2 C warm water
1 tsp salt
1 T sugar
4 C flour
1 large egg, beaten
coarse salt

Recipe



Dissolve the yeast in the warm water. Add the salt and sugar. Blend in the flour and knead the dough until smooth. As soon as the dough is kneaded, cut it into small pieces and roll the pieces into ropes. Twist the ropes into the traditional pretzel shapes and place the pretzels on paper lined cookie sheets. Brush the pretzels with the beaten egg and sprinkle generously with coarse salt. Bake immediately in a 425 degree oven for 15-20 minutes, or until browned. these do not keep long.

Hard pretzels. Follow the preceding recipe, decreasing water to 1 1/4 cups and adding 1/4 cup melted butter. Make pretzels smaller and bake until well browned. These pretzels keep well.