Everyone knows about pretzels, as it is a very popular type of baked goods all over the world. There are many different kinds of pretzels. For example, in Germany, pretzels are salty and hard and crunchy. In France, pretzels are soft and flavorful, with sugar sprinkles. Pretzels
were first baked in Italy. Monks baked pretzels especially for their students. It was a reward for saying the prayers correctly. Soon the dough was being twisted into intricate patterns all over the world.
Now pretzels can be made by anyone. Let’s create flavorful soft pretzels in a skillet.
Ingredients for pretzels:
- flour – 400 g;
- egg – pcs;
- sugar – 2 tbsp;
- vegetable oil – 2 tbsp;
- butter – tbsp;
- salt – a pinch;
- milk – 150 ml;
- dry yeast – 8 g;
- leavening agent – 5 g;
- orange juice – 80 ml.
Preparation of pretzels:
Pour sugar, salt and dry yeast into warm milk, stir the components until the grains of sand dissolve. Break an egg into the yeast mixture, stir.
Pour orange juice and vegetable oil into the mixture, mix the ingredients. Pour some of the flour and baking powder into the mixture, knead the dough.
Pour the rest of the flour into the dough, continue kneading the elastic soft dough with your hands. Put butter into the dough, knead it into the dough.
Cover the dough with food film and leave it for 30-40 minutes. Then knead the dough again and divide it into 12 parts.
Roll each part of the dough into a thin bundle. Form all the bundles into pretzels and place them on parchment.
Leave the pretzels on the parchment for about 20 minutes.
In a frying pan with vegetable oil, fry the pretzels on both sides until browned.
After cooking the pretzels can be sprinkled with powdered sugar.
The pretzels are soft and tender without baking in the oven.
