Pretzels W/ Salt, Cheese, Poppy Seeds, Or Sesame Seeds

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• 4 -4 1/2 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 package dry yeast
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• coarse salt or grated parmesan cheese or poppy seeds or sesame seeds

Recipe

• 1 in large bowl, combine 2 c flour, sugar, undissolved yeast, and salt.
• 2 heat milk, water, and oil until very warm (120 to 130 f) and stir into dry ingredients.
• 3 stir in enough remaining flour to make soft dough.
• 4 knead on floured surface until smooth about 4- 6 minutes.
• 5 cover& let rest on floured surface 10 minutes.
• 6 divide into 14 equal pieces.
• 7 roll each piece to 20-inch rope.
• 8 cover& let rest 5-10 minutes until risen slightly.
• 9 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 10 to shape into pretzels: curve ends of each rope to make a circle; cross ends at top.
• 11 twist ends once and lay over bottom of circle.
• 12 place on 2 greased baking sheets.
• 13 brush with beaten eggs.
• 14 bake at 350 f for 15 minutes.
• 15 remove from oven& brush again with eggs.
• 16 sprinkle with salt, cheese, poppy seed, or sesame seed.
• 17 return to oven& bake for 15 minutes or until done.
• 18 remove pretzels from baking sheets& let cool on wire racks.