Soft Pretzels
Ingredients:
- 1 loaf frozen white bread dough, thawed
- Flour, for dusting surface
- 1 egg beaten
- 1/2 cup coarse salt
- Topping options, see below
Directions:
- Divide dough into 14 pieces.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll each piece of dough into a 16-inch rope, and then form into a pretzel shape.
- Transfer dough to the refrigerator until ready to boil. Roll dough thin to help pretzels keep their shape.
- Preheat Oven to 400 degrees.
- In a large pot, bring 4 quarts of water to a boil.
- Add pretzels, 3 at a time, and cook until pretzels rise to the surface, about 2 minutes.
- Remove and drain on paper towels.
- Arrange pretzels 3 inches apart on buttered sheet pans. Brush with beaten egg. Sprinkle with coarse salt or *with choice of toppings (be careful with salt, not too much).
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until browned.
Toppings:
Garlic Cheese:
- ½ cup finely grated parmesan
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
Directions:
- Combine cheese and garlic together.
- Sprinkle on pretzels after you coat them with the beaten egg in the step above.
- Omit the course salt and bake as directed above.
Cinnamon Sugar:
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 Tbl. Ground cinnamon
- 1-2 Tbl. water
- ¼ cup honey
Directions:
- Combine sugar, cinnamon and water to make a glaze.
- In pretzel directions above, omit the beaten egg glaze and instead cover pretzels with honey.
- Bake as directed above, then remove from oven and brush warm pretzels with cinnamon sugar glaze.
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