Soft Pretzel, Slovenian recipe

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

Whole wheat flour is more nutritious.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

Olive oil is a healthier fat option.

In a cup of lukewarm water, add 1 teaspoon of sugar and 2 teaspoons of yeast; stir well.

In a bowl, add 4 cups of flour and 1 teaspoon of fine salt; mix together.

After 15 minutes, the yeast should have doubled in size; add 1 more cup of warm water to the mixture.

Knead the dough for 5 minutes until smooth; if using an electric mixer, let it do the work.

Grease a bowl with oil, cover the dough, and let it sit for 1 hour until doubled in size.

Punch down the dough, cut it in half, and divide into 10 pieces; let them rest for 10 minutes.

Roll each piece into a long rope, starting from the middle and working outward.

Twist the rope into a pretzel shape, folding and pinching the ends together.

In a pot of boiling water, add 2 tablespoons of baking soda; drop the pretzels in for about 5 seconds each.

Sprinkle the pretzels with coarse salt and bake at 400°F for 15 minutes.

Mix 1 teaspoon of mayonnaise with 1 teaspoon of horseradish Dijon mustard and add fresh parsley.

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