Soft Pretzels

Total Time: 1 hr 37 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 25 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (1/4 ounce) package yeast
• 1 1/2 cups water (room temperature)
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (or melted butter)
• 4 cups flour
• 1 egg, beaten
• coarse salt (such as sea salt or kosher salt, to sprinkle as topping)

Recipe

• 1 add water and yeast to large bowl and let set 10 minutes.
• 2 add salt, sugar, and oil.
• 3 mix in flour until a dough forms.
• 4 knead the dough for 5 minutes and set aside for 1 hour to rise.
• 5 preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• 6 cut dough into small pieces (i found a food scissors worked well.) roll each piece into thin ropes (about pencil thickness or slightly larger)and shape into pretzels.
• 7 cover a cookie sheet with foil and sprinkle lightly with flour (about 1 tbsp).
• 8 place pretzels on floured cookie sheet and brush with beaten egg. sprinkle coarse salt (or other topping) on top of pretzel.
• 9 bake in preheated oven 12 minutes.
• 10 eat dipped in yogurt, ranch dressing or other dip.