Use stick pretzels to poke into cheese cubes, and apple and pear slices.
1 1/2-cup warm water
1 1/8-tsp. active yeast (1 1/2 pkg.)
2 Tbs. brown sugar
1 1/8 tsp. Salt
1 cup bread flour
3 cups regular flour
2 cups warm water
2 Tbs. baking soda
To taste coarse salt
2-4 Tbs. butter (melted)
Sprinkle yeast on lukewarm water in mixing bowl; stir to dissolve. Add sugar, salt, and stir to dissolve; add flour and knead dough until smooth and elastic. Let rise at least 1/2 hour.
While dough is rising, prepare a baking soda water bath with 2 cups warm water and 2 Tbs. baking soda. Be certain to stir often.
After dough has risen, pinch off bits of dough and roll into a long rope (about 1/2 inch or less thick) and shape. Dip pretzel into soda solution and place on greased baking sheet. Allow pretzel to rise again. Bake in a 450 degree oven for about 10 minutes or until golden. Brush with melted butter and enjoy!
Toppings:
After you brush with butter try sprinkling with coarse salt.
Or for Auntie Anne's famous cinnamon sugar, try melting a stick of butter in a shallow bowl( big enough to fit the entire pretzel) and in another bowl, make a mixture of cinnamon and sugar. dip the pretzel into the butter, coating both sides generously. Then dip again into the cinnamon mixture.
Make your own pretzels.
1 1/2 cup warm water
1 tbsp sugar
1 envelope yeast
sprinkling coarse salt
1 beaten egg
1 tsp table salt
4 coups flour
Mix together water, yeast and sugar. Set aside for five minutes. Put salt and flour in a bowl. Combine yeast mixture and flour mixture. Make a stiff dough. Shape letters from dough right on greased baking sheets. Brush with beaten egg over letters and sprinkle with coarse salt.
Bake at 425 degrees Farenheit for 12 minutes.
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