Fat-free Soft Pretzels

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1/8 cup water
• 1 package active dry yeast
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 5 cups flour
• coarse salt or kosher salt
• baking soda

Recipe

• 1 dissolve the yeast in the 1/8 c warm water (use a large bowl).
• 2 stir in the 1 1/3 c warm water and brown sugar.
• 3 slowly mix in the flour.
• 4 knead dough (using extra flour for the board and your hands) until it is stretchy and smooth (not sticky).
• 5 grease two large cookie sheets.
• 6 preheat oven to 475 degrees f.
• 7 fill a 2-3 quart saucepan half full of water.
• 8 add 1 tablespoon of baking soda for every cup of water.
• 9 bring to a boil.
• 10 talk a golf-ball size piece of dough and roll into a rope as thich as your thumb.
• 11 bend into a u-shape, cross ends, twist crossed ends making a full turn, then fold the ends back toward the middle of the u.
• 12 press ends into dough firmly.
• 13 should be the familiar pretzel shape.
• 14 other shapes (including candy cane shapes for christmas) also work.
• 15 lower pretzel in boiling water for 30 seconds, remove from water (getting rid of any excess water) and place on greased cookie sheet.
• 16 sprinkle with coarse or kosher salt.
• 17 repeat until all the dough has been used.
• 18 bake for 8 minutes or until golden.