====== Brezeln / Pretzels ======


===== Ingredients =====
==== for the dough ====

  * 500g strong white flour
  * 300ml water
  * 7g dried yeast
  * 10g salt
  * 20g butter or olive oil

==== for the lye ====
  * 1 l water
  * 60g bicarbonate of soda
  * 6g salt

===== Method =====

Mix the ingredients, and knead your dough for 10 minutes. Let rise for 1 hour.

Knead again, cut into 6 cigar-shaped rolls, and shape into Brezeln by rolling the individual rolls to a length of 40 cm, and then tying them into brezel shape. If you don't know how to do that, ask your mother. If your mother doesn't know, search on YouTube.

{{:recipes:other:img_20170914_203337533.jpg?300 |}}Let the Brezeln rise again for 10 minutes, and pre-heat your fan-assisted oven to 190 degrees C.

Mix 1 litre of water with 60g of bicarbonate of soda, and bring it to a boil. Put your brezeln one by one into the boiling water for 30 seconds, turn, and boil for another 30 seconds.

Take out of the water, put on a floured baking tray, let them rest for 20 minutes, and bake in the oven for 15 minutes.

Best eaten still warm with butter.