Evelyn's German Pretzel Recipe

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 500 g flour
• 1/2 ounce quick-rising yeast (2 packages)
• 10 g salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 50 g unsalted butter, soft
• 200 ml warm water
• 50 ml milk

Recipe

• 1 mix dry ingredients together. add liquid ingredients and mix on medium speed in kitchen aid mixer until a ball forms.
• 2 let dough rise until double in size -- about one hour.
• 3 form into pretzel shapes, sticks or rolls.
• 4 to shape pretzels, roll dough (about 2 ounces) into an 18 inch rope (leave the middle a little fatter than the ends), form into a circle with about a 2 inch tail on each end, twist the cross over twice, fold in half, and press the end of the tails into the circle.
• 5 refrigerate pretzels for about 10 minutes, let rolls or sticks rise for 10-15 minutes.
• 6 dip in lye bath for 10 seconds or boiling baking soda mixture for 30 seconds. place on parchment lined cookie sheets. slit with a sharp knife or razor blade. sprinkle with pretzel salt.
• 7 bake at 400 for 10-15 minutes.