Puzzling Pretzels

Name: Puzzling Pretzels
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 egg; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 158 milliliters milk; 1 teaspoons salt; 16 servings Your favorite topping (coarse salt, cinnamon-sugar, oats, or sesame seed), if you like; 1 teaspoon sugar; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Puzzling Pretzels A mixture of vegetable oil, egg, flour, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 30 minutes.

Instructions

Heat the oven to 42

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Oven

Put the 1 1/2 cups flour, milk, vegetable oil, baking powder, sugar and salt in the medium bowl. Stir with the wooden spoon to make a soft dough.

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Baking Powder

Vegetable Oil

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Milk

Salt

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Wooden Spoon

Bowl

Sprinkle the 2 tablespoons flour over a clean surface, such as a kitchen counter or breadboard. Put dough on the surface. Divide dough in half to make 2 balls.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll each ball of dough around 3 or 4 times. Curve your fingers around and fold dough toward you, then push it away with the heels of your hands, using a quick rocking motion. Repeat 10 times. Put bowl upside down over balls of dough for 15 minutes.

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Dough

Roll

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Bowl

Divide each ball of dough into 8 pieces.

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Dough

Roll each piece into a 12-inch rope. Use the ruler to measure, if you like. Twist halves together to make a pretzel shape. Pinch edges to seal. Put pretzels on the cookie sheet (you do not need to grease the cookie sheet).

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Pretzels

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Crack the egg on side of the small bowl, letting egg slip into bowl. Beat egg with the fork until yolk and white are mixed.

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Egg Yolk

Egg

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Bowl

Brush egg over pretzels, using the pastry brush.

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Pretzels

Egg

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Pastry Brush

Sprinkle lightly with your favorite topping, if you like.

Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until pretzels are light golden brown. Use the pot holders to take cookie sheet out of oven. Take pretzels off cookie sheet, using the pancake turner. Cool pretzels for 10 minutes on the wire cooling rack.

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Pretzels

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Baking Sheet

Wire Rack