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Soft Pretzels

Soft Pretzels Ingredients: leavening agents, yeast, baker's, active dry sugars, granulated water, bottled, generic wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched sugars, granulated salt, table oil, olive, salad or cookin...

Soft Pretzels

Ingredients:
leavening agents, yeast, baker's, active dry
sugars, granulated
water, bottled, generic
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
sugars, granulated
salt, table
oil, olive, salad or cooking
leavening agents, baking soda
water, bottled, generic
salt, table

Directions:
In a small bowl, dissolve yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar in warm water.
Let stand until creamy about 10 mins.
In a large bowl, mix together flour, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt.
Make a Well in the center, add the oil and yeast mixture.
Mix and form into a dough.
If the mixture is dry, add one or two tablespoons of water.
Knead the dough until smooth, about 7 to 8 mins.
Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil.
Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size about 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 450F ( 230 C).
In a large bowl, dissolve baking soda in hot water.
When risen, turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide into 12 equal pieces.
Roll each piece into a rope and twist into a pretzel shape.
Once all of the dough is all shaped, dip each pretzel into the baking soda solution and place on a greased baking sheet.
Sprinkle with course salt.
Bake in preheated oven for 8 mins, until browned.