Bavarian Soft Pretzels

For the Multicultural I decided to make a snack. I've had a soft pretzel before, but didn't know that they were easy to make at home! I got this recipe from makingfriends.com, not exactly the website name you think would produce great food, but I'd let the food speak for itself. Don't judge a website by it's name?


Ingredients

•  1 package of dry active yeast

• (2 teaspoons)

• 1 1/2 cups of warm water

• 1/3 cup of brown sugar

• 4 1/2 cups of flour

• 4 cups of water

• 8 tablespoons of baking soda

• Coarse salt 

Instructions:

• Dissolve yeast in 1 1/2 cups of warm water. Mix in brown sugar and flour. Knead until smooth and elastic.
• Preheat oven to 475 F. Pull off fist fulls of dough and roll out on a lightly floured surface to a long 3/4" rope. Cut into 1" pieces. Set aside to rise for a few minutes.
• In a large saucepan mix 4 cups of water with baking soda. Bring to a boil. Place a single layer of pretzel pieces in the boiling solution for 20 seconds. Spread out the pieces on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Sprinkle on salt. Baked for 8 minutes or until golden brown.

These turned out great! I made bite sized pretzels. They didn't take too long to make either. I made a half recipe because it looked like a lot (and I didn't want to waste ingredients on a faulty internet recipe), but if I had made big pretzels I might have needed to do the whole recipe. I will definitely make them again! My faith in internet recipes has been partly restored...