German Pretzels
"This recipe comes from www.germanculture.com & is posted here to help fill out my German contribution to the ZWT6. Preparation time does not include the several hours needed for the dough to rise twice."
photo by gailanng
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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12 pretzels
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
- 1 1⁄2 cups warm water
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 4 cups unbleached flour
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
directions
- In a medium bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water, then add salt & sugar to the yeast mixture.
- Blend in the flour & knead the dough until smooth, about 7 or 8 minutes.
- Cover & let dough rise for 1 to 1 1/4 hours or until double in bulk.
- Grease several cookie sheets, then punch dough down & cut it into 12 pieces.
- Slightly beat the egg & set aside.
- Roll each piece of dough into a thin rope about as round as your little finger, then twist each into pretzel shapes before placing them on a greased cookie sheet.
- Using a pastry brish, coat the top of each pretzel with the beaten egg & sprinkle with coarse salt, before allowing the pretzels to rise until almost double in bulk.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F & bake the pretzels for 10 to 15 minutes, or until browned.
- Best if eaten while stlil warm, but if allowed to cool, store in an airtight container.
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Reviews
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I've never made pretzels before and these are fabulous! The only change I made to the recipe is to add the salt after the flour because I wasn't sure if the salt would be OK with the yeast. I read that the other chefs didn't know how to knot the pretzels so I found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwy9c0foFTc and it was easy to do after watching it. I also served these with Recipe #460243, which was a perfect compliment. Made for Went To The Market tag game. Thanks Syd! :) -
Tasty! These are really good pretzels, nice and crusty, with a tender inside. My only problem was shaping and rising. I didn't realize how hard it would be to get a nice, smooth, pretty pretzel. But, that's not a problem with the recipe so much as it is with my own two hands. And they taste great, which is what counts. -
Made for ZWT #6's Oma's Kitchen Challenge. Great recipe, but need Oma to come over and teach me how to better 'tie them in a knot, or tie them in a bow.'
