How to Make Soft Pretzels
Your kids will enjoy helping to form the dough into shapes. They will also enjoy eating the pretzels when they come out of your oven!
What You Need
- coarse salt
- flour
- sugar
- egg
- yeast
- vegetable-oil spray
Before You Begin
- Preheat oven to 400º.
- Line a cookie sheet with foil, and spray with vegetable-oil spray.
What You Do
- Sprinkle a package of yeast onto ¾ cup of warm water. Add a tablespoon of sugar and stir. Let stand until the mixture foams.
- Put two cups of flour and ½ teaspoon of salt into a bowl. Add the yeast mixture and stir.
- Sprinkle flour on the counter, and knead the dough until it's smooth.
- Roll pieces of dough into ropes and make fun shapes.
- Beat an egg with a fork.
- Brush pretzels with the beaten egg, and sprinkle with coarse salt.
- Bake the pretzels for 15 minutes or until light brown.
Variations
- Sprinkle with a mixture of cinnamon and sugar, sesame seeds, or other toppings.
- Drizzle baked pretzels with a mixture of confectioners' sugar and water to add a sweet glaze.
- Use 1 cup of white flour and 1 cup of whole-wheat flour.