Pretzel Shapes

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• Ingredients
• yeast
• water
• sugar
• honey
• salt
• flour
• 1 egg
• sea salt
• Recipe
• In a large bowl, dissolve:
• 1 tbsp yeast
• ¹/₂ cup water (66g), warmed
• 1 tbsp sugar (13g)
• When yeast is puffy, add:
• 1 tsp honey (7g)
• 1 tsp salt
• Add and knead together, using your hands or the dough hook on a stand mixer:
• 1¹/₂ cups flour (192g)
• Divide the kneaded dough among 2 to 4 children and let them have their way with it. The recipe is very forgiving. Snakes at about the thickness of an adult's pinky finger bake well.
• Place the shapes onto a cookie sheet, then brush lightly with:
• 1 egg, beaten
• Sprinkle on:
• 2 tbsps sea salt, to taste
• Bake for 10 minutes, until the pretzel shapes are a nice golden brown. One batch makes about 1 tray of pretzels. This recipe can easily be doubled.