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PRETZELS 1/8 c. hot water 1 pkg. active dry yeast 1 1/3 c. warm water 1/3 c. brown sugar 5 c. flour extra flour coarse kosher salt baking soda Preheat oven to 475 degrees. In a large bowl, mix the hot water and the yeast until the yeast dissolves. Stir in the warm water and the brown sugar. Slowly add 5 cups flour to the mixture, stirring constantly. Continue stirring until the mixture is smooth and does not stick to the sides of the bowl. Put the dough on a lightly floured board. Dip your hands in the extra flour. Knead the dough until it is stretchy and smooth. Push it down and away from you with the palms of your hands. Turn the dough as you work. Grease two cookie sheets very well. Sprinkle each with coarse kosher salt. Set the sheets aside. Pinch off a piece of pretzel dough about the size of a golf ball. Shape the dough into a pretzel**. Fill a frying pan with water. For each cup of water in the pan, add 1 teaspoon of baking soda. Bring the water to a gentle boil. Use a spatula to lower each pretzel into the frying pan. Count very slowly up to 30 and then lift the pretzel onto the greased and salted cookie sheet. Repeat until all the dough is used. Sprinkle some kosher salt on top of the pretzels and put them in the oven. Bake for 8 minutes or until the pretzels are golden. **To fold into pretzel: Roll the dough into a rope 14-inches long and as thick as your thumb. Bend the rope into a U shape. Cross one end of the rope over the other. The ropes should cross about 3-inches from the tips. Twist the crossed ends, making a full turn. Fold the ends back, toward the middle of the U. Open the ends slightly to form a pretzel shape. Press the ends into the dough firmly. This is a recipe from our database at Cookbooks On/Line! 1,000,000+ free recipes and free software at: http://www.cookbooks.com Accuracy is believed to be good, but is not guaranteed. This recipe posting is intended for personal use only. You can print a copy for yourself and/or your friends, but you cannot publish it or post it to any Internet or other public site without our permission. |