I love Christmas and all that surrounds it. It lights, the tree, the food, but mostly the spirit of love and being with my Family.
And, because I cook so much for Christmas, I tend to stop making meals for about 4 weeks. Yes, we still eat. But, we are back to just simple, no fuss food.
Then after 4 weeks, I am tired of the same old stand byes. I then start looking around for things I love, and searching for new recipes. I have/had a friend who gave me this recipe. What a life saver. This is great for an after school snack.
I was speaking with several people on how to keep Boys full. This is the way.
Yes, this need to be eaten up soon -- They don't keep. You may want to half this recipe.
SOFT PRETZELS-Ellerene Searle -
1 1/2 cup warm water 1 tsp. salt
1 pkg. yeast 1 egg
3 1/2 - 4 cups flour 1 tsp. sugar
Dissolve yeast in water. Combine salt, sugar and 2 cups of flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle. Turn on to a floured board and knead until smooth. Place in greased bowl. Cover, rise until double in bulk 45-60 min.
Dough is ready if mark remains when touched. Punch down dough.
Cut into 16 equal parts. Roll each part into 18-inch long ropes. Twist each into pretzel shape. Place on greased baking sheet.
Brush with egg and sprinkle with salt(sea salt or a larger type salt works better otherwise you think there isn't salt on it).
Let rise a little and Bake at 425 degrees for 15 to 20 min.
**If you prefer just bake, plain or after baking try cinnamon and sugar sprinkled on (after a wash of butter)
Have Fun!
That sounds a lot easier than I would think that it would be. I bet my kids would like the cinnamon sugar the best-I was never a fan of how salty soft pretzels usually are. Thanks, maybe we'll try this soon.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recipe. I thought there was more in pretzels. Out East here they eat the soft salted pretzels with with spicy mustard. It's pretty good. Not as good as cheap nacho cheese, though. We will have to make some over the weekend and let you know how it goes. The girls love soft pretzels. We usually eat them as a traditional snack when we watch the Oscars. Weird tradition, but we think it is fun. The mini pretzels and nacho cheese are our favorite snack at the movie theaters, so it made sense to us to eat them for an award show for movies.
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