Soft Pretzels

Enjoy these soft homemade pretzels made with basic bread ingredients and sprinkled with coarse salt.

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ingredients 11
Prep Time 45 min
Total Time 2 hr 0 min

Ingredients

3: to 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1: tablespoon sugar

1: teaspoon salt

1: pkg. active dry yeast

1: cup water

1: tablespoon shortening

6: cups water

1/4: cup baking soda

1: tablespoon water

1: egg white

: Coarse salt or sesame seed

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Directions

1 In large bowl, combine 1 cup flour, sugar, salt and yeast; mix well. In small saucepan, heat 1 cup water and shortening until very warm (120 to 130°F.). Add warm liquid to flour mixture; blend at low speed until moistened. Beat 3 minutes at medium speed. Stir in an additional 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 cups flour until dough pulls cleanly away from sides of bowl.
2 On floured surface, knead in 1/2 to 3/4 cup flour until dough is smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Place dough in greased bowl; cover loosely with greased plastic wrap and cloth towel. Let rise in warm place (80 to 85°F.) until light and doubled in size, 45 to 60 minutes.
3 Grease cookie sheets. Punch down dough several times to remove all air bubbles. Shape dough into ball. Divide dough into 12 pieces. Roll each into 16-inch rope; form each rope into pretzel shape. Place on greased cookie sheets. Cover; let rise in warm place until light, 15 to 20 minutes.
4 Heat oven to 400°F. In large nonaluminum saucepan, combine 6 cups water and baking soda; mix well. Bring to a boil. Drop pretzels, one at a time, into water that is just boiling; cook 5 seconds on each side. Remove pretzels from water with slotted spoon; place on greased cookie sheet. In small bowl, combine 1 tablespoon water and egg white; beat well. Brush over pretzels. Sprinkle with coarse salt.
5 Bake at 400°F. for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets; cool on wire racks for 5 minutes. Serve warm.

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Pretzel

Calories: 140
Calories from Fat: 10),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 1g; 1%
(Saturated Fat 0g, 0% ),
Cholesterol: 0mg; 0%;
Sodium: 850mg; 850%;
Total Carbohydrate: 29g; 29%
(Dietary Fiber 1g 1% Sugars 2g 2% ),
Protein: 4g; 4%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 10%;

Exchanges:

1 1/2 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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debsersland

report Posted Jul. 15, 2011 3:36 PM

These are the best pretzels- my family loves them! We did change the recipe- we made only 6 instead of 12 pretzels! I have teenage boys and the little pretzels didn't seem to impress them as much as the bigger ones!