Pretzels - Hard And Soft

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (1/4 ounce) package dry yeast
• 1 1/2 cups warm water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 4 cups flour
• 1 large egg, beaten
• coarse salt, to taste

Recipe

• 1 soft pretzels:
• 2 dissolve yeast in water, add salt and sugar.
• 3 blend in all the flour and knead until smooth.
• 4 when smooth, cut dough into small pieces and roll into ropes. twist ropes into conventional pretzel shapes and place on a paper-lined cookie sheet.
• 5 brush pretzels with beaten egg, sprinkle with coarse salt.
• 6 bake in a 425 degree oven for 12-15 minutes, or until brown. these do not keep long.
• 7 hard pretzels:
• 8 do everthing above, but decrease water to 1-1/4 cups and add 1/4 cup of melted butter.
• 9 make pretzels smaller and bake until browned.
• 10 these pretzels will stay good for months in a tight container.