Almost World Famous!
For three dozen 6-inch sticks or
For one dozen 6-inch Soft Pretzel s
1 tbsp Yeast
1 tbsp Sugar
1 tsp Salt
2 tbsp softened butter or softened margarine
1 cup heat (115-+ deg F) water
2 3/4 cups flour
Coarse Salt to sprinkle on Pretzels before baking
5 tsp baking soda mixed in 4 cups water during a non-aluminum saucepan.
1 large slotted spoon to “go fishing”
Greased cookie sheet
Preheat oven to 475 F
Put yeast, sugar, salt, butter/marg, water and ONE CUP of the flour into a medium mixing bowl and pour in the water.
Stir till all sleek, and yeast starts to bubble.
At this point add the rest of the flour, stir until it’s mixed in.
When mixture is just too stiff to stir with a spoon, begin kneading.
Knead dough till smooth and till it now not sticks to the bowl and your hands
Allow dough to rise to about double its height.
While dough is rising, grease Soft Pretzel Recipe. the cookie sheet. and prepare the baking soda-water mixture and convey to a boil on stove.
When dough is risen enough, punch down, knead for a minute or thus, then divide and roll the 6-inch sticks together with your hands, to concerning 1/2 in. in diameter, or 12-15-inch long rolls to create into the pretzel shape.
Allow sticks or pretzels to sit for regarding 1-2 mins. Place them into boiling water-baking soda mixture one Easy Soft Pretzel Recipe. or 2 at a time.
Let the pretzels boil for 1 minute 10 seconds, then flip them over with the slotted spoon and boil on the opposite aspect for 1 minute and 10 seconds.
This boiling step provides them a firm skin and adds some flavour. Not boiling long enough leaves them too soft and permits them to rise an excessive amount of. Boiling too long makes them powerful.
Fish them out of the water, let them drip off and place them on the greased cookie sheet.
When all the pretzels or sticks are done, sprinkle the coarse salt on them.
Bake for 12-15 minutes or till sticks or pretzels are golden brown.
You can double the recipe in proportion.
ENJOY!!
Here’s why I call this recipe “Almost World Famous”. One fine day a couple of years ago, President George Bush choked on a pretzel and fainted. Shortly thereafter, I had a extremely massive spike in hits on this page. turns out that the Guardian Unlimited online had published an article on pretzels. The reporter included a link to this little recipe as an example of soppy and non-life-threatening type of the art or pretzel-making. Thanks, Dubya!
