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      Title: Pretzels - Pretzel
 Categories: German, Bread
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
      1    Cake compressed yeast or
           Packet
  1 1/2 c  Warm water
      1 ts Salt
      1 tb Sugar
      4 c  Flour
      1 lg Egg, beaten
           Coarse salt
 
  Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add salt to yeast mixture. Blend in
  flour and knead dough until smooth, about 7 or 8 minutes. Cover and
  let the dough rise until double in bulk. Punch down. Cut dough into
  small pieces and roll into ropes. twist the ropes into pretzel shapes
  and place on a greased cookie sheet. Using a pastry brush, brush
  pretzels with egg and sprinkle with coarse salt. Allow pretzels to
  rise until almost double in bulk. Bake at 425deg F for 10-15 minutes
  or until browned. Best if eaten immediately. If not, store in
  airtight contained. Makes one dozen 6-inch pretzels
 
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