New Year's Pretzels

Recipe Ingredients

• 2.00 c Milk
• 0.50 c Butter or margarine
• 2.00 pk Yeast; active, dry
• 2.00 ts Salt
• 0.50 c Sugar
• 7.00 c Flour; unbleached
• 2.00 Eggs; large
• 1.00 c Confectioners' sugar
• ;water
• 1.00 ts Vanilla extract
• 0.25 c Almonds; chopped

Recipe Directions

• Heat milk and butter until very warm (120-130 degrees F.


• ).


• Mix yeast, salt, sugar, and 1 cup flour.


• Slowly beat into warm milk.


• Beat for 2 minutes.


• Add eggs and 1 cup of flour.


• Beat for an additional 2 minutes.


• Add enough flour to form a soft dough.


• Knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes.


• Place dough in a greased bowl.


• Let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.


• Punch dough down and let rise again until doubled.


• (1 hour more).


• Divide dough in half.


• Shape pretzel as follows: Roll dough into a rope about 30 inches long and 1 1/2 inches in diameter.


• Cross the ends leaving a large loop in the center.


• Flip loop back onto crossed ends to form a pretzel.


• Repeat with remaining dough.


• Place pretzels on greased baking sheets.


• Let rise 15 minutes more.


• Bake at 375 degrees F for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.


• Cool on wire racks.


• Mix confectioners' sugar, water and vanilla to form a thin icing.


• Spread icing on pretzels and sprinkle with chopped almonds.


• Makes 2 large pretzels.

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