Crites Family Stuff

Ingredients for 20 servings

• 1 tbsp yeast
• 1.5 cups warm water
• .33 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 3 cups flour
• Baking soda
• Kosher salt

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 450F.
2. Fill a large electric skillet with hot water and heat to the highest temperature. Add several tbsp of baking soda to the simmering water. Prepare a cookie sheet by spraying generously with oil and sprinkling with Kosher salt. Set aside.
3. Meanwhile, make dough as for bread but do not allow it to rise. Dissolve the yeast in the water and sugar. Add the flour. The dough should be soft but not sticky. Make large 2 inch balls with the dough and roll them into 12 inch ropes. Shape each into a pretzel. When you have 4-6 pretzels made, drop them into the simmering water for several minutes. They will sink and then rise to float on the surface. Remove with a slotted spoon or spatula onto a cooling rack to drain. Continue making pretzels until the dough is gone, working quickly to avoid the dough rising. Move the drained pretzels onto the prepared cookie sheet. These can be placed close together because they will not expand anymore. Sprinkle sparingly with more Kosher salt. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until well browned and the moisture is gone from the top.

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