Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups water, warm
- 1 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast (1 pkg.)
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 4 cups flour
- 2 cups water
- 2 tablespoons baking soda
Directions:
1 Dissolve powdered sugar in warm water in med bowl. Sprinkle yeast on water/sugar mixture, stir slightly. Put aside for 10 minutes, allow yeast to bloom.
2 Add salt and flour to yeast mixture and knead dough until smooth and elastic(3-5 minutes).
3 Cover bowl loosely with a cotton towel and let dough rise at least 1/2 hour.
4 Prepare baking soda bath. Bring 2 cups of water and baking soda just to a simmer. Be certain to stir often.
5 After dough has risen, pinch off bits of dough and roll into a long rope (about 1/2 inch or less thick) and shape.
6 Using a slotted spoon, dip pretzel into baking soda bath for 20-30 seconds. Allow excess water to drip off then place on greased baking sheet.
7 Bake in oven at 450 degrees for 5 minutes, rotate pan, bake for about 5 minutes more or until golden,
Toppings
-Melt 2-4 tbsps butter
-brush butter on pretzels
-sprinkle with coarse salt
or
-Melt a stick of butter in bowl
-in another bowl, make a sugar/cinnamon mixture(1/2 c sugar, 2 tsps cinamon)
-dip pretzel in butter, coating both sides generously
-then dip into cinnamon mixture
