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German New Year Pretzel

Reggie Dwork <reggie@jeff-and-reggie.com>
Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:57:54 -0800
v118.n006.4
* Exported from MasterCook *

                          Pretzel, German New Year

Recipe By     :cgalaise
Serving Size  : 8     Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Bread                           Bread-Bakers Mailing List
                 Food Processor                  Hand Made
                 Posted                          Snacks
                 Stand Mixer

   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   6 1/4      teaspoons  active dry yeast
   1                cup  lukewarm milk -- divided
   4 1/2    tablespoons  white sugar
   2 1/4           cups  all-purpose flour -- sifted, or more as needed
   4 1/2    tablespoons  melted butter
   1                     egg
   1           teaspoon  lemon zest
   1              pinch  salt
   1                     egg yolk
   1           teaspoon  white sugar -- or as needed

This is a traditional New Year treat in Germany. It brings luck when 
it's the first thing you eat in the New Year. Germans typically eat 
it with butter spread on it. Rather than a salty pretzel, this is a 
lightly sweet dough

Prep: 20 min
Cook: 25 min
Total: 2:20

Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup milk in a bowl; add 4 1/2 tablespoons 
sugar. Let stand until the yeast softens and begins to form a creamy 
foam, about 5 minutes.

Stir yeast mixture and 2 1/4 cups flour together in a bowl until 
dough is dry and clumpy. Allow dough to rise for 15 minutes. Add 
remaining 1/2 cup milk, butter, egg, lemon zest, and salt to dough 
until evenly mixed.

Knead dough, adding more flour as needed, until dough is elastic. 
Cover bowl with a clean damp towel or plastic wrap and allow dough to 
rise in a warm area until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 390F (199C). Grease a baking sheet.

Gently knead dough; roll into a long rope on the prepared baking 
sheet and twist into a pretzel shape. Cover dough with a clean towel 
or plastic wrap and allow to rise for 15 minutes more.

Brush egg yolk over dough and sprinkle 1 teaspoon sugar over egg yolk.

Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes.

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 259 Calories; 9g Fat (32.0% 
calories from fat); 7g Protein; 37g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 
75mg Cholesterol; 109mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 2 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean 
Meat; 0 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 1 1/2 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.

NOTES : 2017 - 1226