Delicious giant pretzels — ready to eat in about 30 minutes!
Ingredients
- ½ cups warm water: 1 piece
- white sugar: 1 Tbsp
- active dry yeast: 5 tsp
- all-purpose flour: 4 cups
- butter: 0.25 cup (melted)
- coarse salt: 1 tsp
- egg: 1 piece (beaten)
- coarse salt: (to taste)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
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Mix water and sugar together in a bowl until sugar is dissolved; add yeast. Let mixture stand until yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam, about 5 minutes.
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Whisk flour, butter, and salt together in a bowl until well mixed; add yeast mixture and stir with a fork until dough starts to cling. Turn dough onto a floured work surface and knead until smooth.
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Cut dough into 15 equal pieces and roll each piece between your hands into rope shapes at least the thickness of a pencil. Twist dough into desired shapes and arrange on a baking sheet; brush with egg and sprinkle coarse salt over each.
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Bake in the preheated oven until pretzels are browned and cooked through, 8 to 12 minutes.
