Pretzels

Ingredients

• 400 g milk
• 40 g fresh yeast
• 600 g flour
• 2 tsp salt
• 600 g water
• 4 tbsp baking soda
• coarse salt, to sprinkle

Method

1. Place milk and fresh yeast into mixing bowl, warm up 2 min/37°C/speed 2.
2. Add flour and salt, knead 2 min 30 sec. Place the dough into a bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place until it has doubled in size (approx. 30 minutes).
3. Preheat oven to 200°C.
4. Divide dough into 10 equal pieces and roll each onto a non-stick surface into a rope shape (60 cm) which is thinner at the ends. To form pretzels take both ends, twist them 2 times and flip them over onto the thicker part of the rope.
5. Bring water with baking soda to boil in a pot. One at a time, place pretzels onto a skimmer and dunk them into the boiling salt solution for 30 - 60 seconds, then place them on a baking tray covered with baking paper. Sprinkle with coarse salt and bake in a preheated oven at 200°C for 15 minutes. Cool for several minutes before serving them warm or cold.

I like to mix mine up and sprinkle with different seeds, nuts and cheese