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     Title: SOFT PRETZELS
Categories: Snacks, Breads
     Yield: 1 servings

     1    Envelope yeast
 1 1/4 c  Warm water
     1 ts Sugar
     2 ts Salt
     4 c  Flour (plus extra)
          Butter as needed
     4 ts Soda
          Coarse salt for sprinkling

 Dissolve the yeast in 1/4 c of the water.  Then stir in an additional
 cup of warm water, and the sugar.  Pour the yeast mixture into a bowl
 and add the salt.  Beat in the flour to make a stiff dough.  Knead it
 for 10 min or until the dough is elastic.  Place in a bowl and spread
 it with butter. Cover it and let it rise for 45 min or until double
 in size. Shape the dough into sticks or twists.  Make it 1/2 the
 thickness of the desired finished pretzel.

 Bring 4 cups of water to boiling with the soda.  Drop in 3 pretzels
 at a time.  Boil them for 1 minute or until they float.  Remove and
 drain them, and place them on buttered cookie sheets.  Sprinkle them
 with coarse salt. Bake the pretzels at 475 F for 12 minutes or until
 golden brown. To make them crisp, lay them on a cookie sheet and
 place them in a warm oven 200 F for 2 hours.

 Source:  Amish Cooking c. 1980 Pathway Publishing Corporation Shared
 by Elizabeth Rodier from library book 5/93

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