Soft Pretzels

You can probably use this recipe for bread sticks as well! I never made the hard pretzel recipe.

1 cake yeast
1 ½ cups warm water
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
4 cups flour
1 large egg, beaten
Coarse salt

Dissolve the yeast in the warm water. Add the salt and sugar. Blend in the flour and knead the dough until smooth. As soon as the dough s kneaded, cut it into small pieces and roll the pieces into ropes. Twist the ropes into the traditional pretzel shapes and place the pretzels on paper lined cookie sheets. Brush pretzels with the beaten egg and sprinkle generously with coarse slat. Bake immediately in a 425 degree oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until browned. These do not keep long

Hard Pretzels – Follow the preceding recipe, decreasing water to 1 ¼ cups and adding ¼ cup melted butter. Make pretzels smaller and bake until well browned. These pretzels keep well.