auntie s delicious soft pretzels amish recipe

🥘 Ingredients

• • water
• • yeast
• • brown sugar
• • flour
• • baking soda
• • hot water
• • sweet creamy butter

📝 Instructions

1. 1 dissolve yeast into warm water
2. 2 add sugar , then flour& mix well- do not 'knead' as this toughens the dough
3. 3 let rise until doubled , at least 20 minutes
4. 4 cut into long 'ropes'
5. 5 shape into pretzel shapes , then dip into prepared dipping solution
6. 6 place on well-greased cookie sheet and sprinkle with pretzel salt
7. 7 bake at 500-550f for 4-6 minutes until golden brown
8. 8 dip face of pretzel into melted butter
9. 9 variation: add 1 t vanilla to the dough
10. 10 flavor variations
11. 11 cinnamon / sugar- omit salt& dip into cinnamon sugar after face has been coated with butter
12. 12 sour cream& onion- after dipping face of pretzel in butter , sprinkle with sour cream& onion powder garlic- same as sour cream& onion , but use garlic powder
13. 13 sesame or poppy seed--before baking , after dipping into dipping solution , dip pretzel face-down into the seeds , then bake
14. 14 salt is optional with this one