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"The first zucchini I ever saw I killed it with a hoe."--John Gould, Monstrous Depravity, 1963

Soft Pretzels (Amish Friendship Bread) Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 C Amish Friendship Bread Starter
¾ C luke warm water
2 t yeast
3 C flour
¼ C instant non fat dry milk
1 T oil
2 t salt
kosher salt to top pretzels
Directions:
Directions:
In a stand mixer bowl with dough hook, add starter, water, and yeast. Let sit for 5 minutes.

Add rest of Ingredients into mixer bowl and mix until dough pulls away from the sides and a ball forms

Grease a bowl, put in ball of dough and cover with plastic wrap.

Let dough rest and rise for 1 hour. It won't rise very much.

Lightly oil work surface and place dough.

Divide dough into 12 equal pieces.

Roll out each piece into about 20 inches and form into pretzels.

Get 8-10 C of water and 1 t of baking soda simmering on the stove top.

Place one pretzel at a time into the simmering water for 1 minute.

Remove with slotted spoon.

Place pretzels, spaced out on a greased pan and sprinkle with kosher salt

Bake for 18-20 min turning and switching the pretzels once during the baking

Remove to cooling rack. bottom of pretzels will be harder and chewier./
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
12
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
1 hour 25 minutes

 

 

 

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