Auntie's Delicious Soft Pretzels, Amish Recipe

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups water (approx 105 degrees)
• 1 tablespoon yeast
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 cups occident flour (bread flour)
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup baking soda, into
• 3 cups hot water
• sweet creamy butter, for 'dipping' face of pretzels after baking (melt butter, then let set a few minutes, and use paper towel to remove cream which will float to the)

Recipe

• 1 dissolve yeast into warm water.
• 2 add sugar, then flour& mix well- do not 'knead' as this toughens the dough.
• 3 (mix just until combined well) let rise until doubled, at least 20 minutes.
• 4 cut into long 'ropes'.
• 5 shape into pretzel shapes, then dip into prepared dipping solution.
• 6 place on well-greased cookie sheet and sprinkle with pretzel salt.
• 7 bake at 500-550°f for 4-6 minutes until golden brown.
• 8 dip face of pretzel into melted butter.
• 9 variation: add 1 t vanilla to the dough.
• 10 flavor variations.
• 11 cinnamon/sugar- omit salt& dip into cinnamon sugar after face has been coated with butter.
• 12 sour cream& onion- after dipping face of pretzel in butter, sprinkle with sour cream& onion powder garlic- same as sour cream& onion, but use garlic powder.
• 13 sesame or poppy seed--before baking, after dipping into dipping solution, dip pretzel face-down into the seeds, then bake.
• 14 salt is optional with this one.