|
DIRECTIONS:
Lightly grease 2 large baking sheets. In a large bowl, dissolve
yeast in lukewarm water. Blend in 2 eggs and butter.
Add 5 cps bread mix. Stir well. Add additional bread mix to make
a soft, but not too sticky dough.
Knead
about 5 minutes until dough is smooth. Roll pieces of dough into
ropes about 1/2 inch in diameter and 18 to24 inches long.
Form into pretzel shapes. For pretzel sticks, cut dough into 5 to
6 inch lengths. Place on prepared baking sheets. Preheat oven to
425F.
Brush tops of pretzels with beaten egg and sprinkle with coarse
salt.
Bake immediately 12 to 15 minutes, until brown and crisp.
Makes 12 to15 large pretzels. Variation For a chewier pretzel,
drop pretzel-shaped dough into a pan of boiling water.
When
dough floats to the top of the water, remove it.
Preheat oven to 400F. Brush with egg and sprinkle with coarse salt.
Bake about 30 minutes
Original recipe yield:
1 loaves. |
