Pretzels Recipe
By: Anonymous
Published: Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 6:02am

Ingredients




teaspoon Yeast, (or one packet)
cup Very warm water, (about 102 degrees F.)
4 cups Flour, (see HINT below)
1 tablespoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt

Preparation

1 Choose large or small, salted or plain - these can be a soft or crispy snack 2 Add yeast to warm water and stir until muddy. Add flour, sugar, and salt. 3 Mix and knead dough. Roll into a sheet and then cut in strips to make 4 "ropes." Shape in traditional pretzel bows or roll to make sticks. Place on ungreased cookie sheet (1 second of a non-stick spray may be used). Bake at 425 degrees F. for 12 to 15 minutes, or until light brown. 5 For a special treat, just before baking, sprinkle some with garlic powder, chopped onion, any favorite herbs or spices, or - if sodium is not a problem - coarse salt. 6 Averages 18 pretzels, 12 to 15 large or 24+ smaller ones. Each pretzel (of 7 HEALTHY HEART HINT:When baking, use whole wheat, rye and oat flours and specialty grains instead of white flour for tasty and higher fiber treats. A mixture of 1/2 whole wheat and 1/2 white flour bakes much the same as white flour. White flour has most of its vitamins, minerals and fiber removed. Finer whole wheat pastry flour is less grainy.