Recipe: Homemade Whole Wheat Pretzels (crunchy, Sunset magazine, 1980's)
Appetizers and SnacksWHOLE WHEAT PRETZELS
"Here's a sure cure for rainy-day doldrums - home-twisted pretzels. Our recipe makes a whopping 8 dozen of the crunchy little treats from an easy-to-work-with whole wheat dough. They can provide an afternoon of happy twisting for the whole family-with lots of happy, wholesome snacking later on."
1 package active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water (about 110 degrees F)
1 3/4 cups warm milk (about 110 degrees F)
3 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons solid vegetable shortening
1/4 cup wheat germ
About 5 1/4 cups whole wheat flour, divided use
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 3/4 teaspoons salt
2 eggs, lightly beaten
Coarse salt
In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Stir in milk, honey, shortening, and wheat germ. Using a wooden spoon or electric mixer, gradually mix in 3 1/2 cups of the flour. Beat until dough pulls away from sides of bowl in stretchy strands. Cover and let stand in a warm place until light and bubbly (about 40 minutes).
Meanwhile, combine 1 1/2 cups of the flour with baking powder and the 1 3/4 teaspoons salt; set aside.
Punch dough down and stir in flour mixture. Turn onto a lightly floured board and knead until smooth (about 5 minutes), adding flour as needed to prevent sticking.
Divide kneaded dough into 4 equal portions. Cut each quarter into 12 equal pieces and roll each piece into a rope about 24-inches long. Cut in half and twist each half into a pretzel. Place pretzels, slightly apart and with loose ends turned under, on well-greased baking sheets (at least 12 by 15 inches). Brush pretzels with beaten egg and sprinkle lightly with coarse salt.
Bake in a preheated 400 degree F oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden; transfer to a rack.
After all pretzels have been baked, turn oven off. Pile baked pretzels onto 2 ungreased baking sheets and set in turned-off oven for 2 to 3 hours or overnight, until thoroughly dried (break one to test).
Makes 8 dozen
Source: Sunset Breads by the Editors of Sunset Books and Sunset Magazine, second printing, October 1986
"Here's a sure cure for rainy-day doldrums - home-twisted pretzels. Our recipe makes a whopping 8 dozen of the crunchy little treats from an easy-to-work-with whole wheat dough. They can provide an afternoon of happy twisting for the whole family-with lots of happy, wholesome snacking later on."
1 package active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water (about 110 degrees F)
1 3/4 cups warm milk (about 110 degrees F)
3 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons solid vegetable shortening
1/4 cup wheat germ
About 5 1/4 cups whole wheat flour, divided use
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 3/4 teaspoons salt
2 eggs, lightly beaten
Coarse salt
In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Stir in milk, honey, shortening, and wheat germ. Using a wooden spoon or electric mixer, gradually mix in 3 1/2 cups of the flour. Beat until dough pulls away from sides of bowl in stretchy strands. Cover and let stand in a warm place until light and bubbly (about 40 minutes).
Meanwhile, combine 1 1/2 cups of the flour with baking powder and the 1 3/4 teaspoons salt; set aside.
Punch dough down and stir in flour mixture. Turn onto a lightly floured board and knead until smooth (about 5 minutes), adding flour as needed to prevent sticking.
Divide kneaded dough into 4 equal portions. Cut each quarter into 12 equal pieces and roll each piece into a rope about 24-inches long. Cut in half and twist each half into a pretzel. Place pretzels, slightly apart and with loose ends turned under, on well-greased baking sheets (at least 12 by 15 inches). Brush pretzels with beaten egg and sprinkle lightly with coarse salt.
Bake in a preheated 400 degree F oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden; transfer to a rack.
After all pretzels have been baked, turn oven off. Pile baked pretzels onto 2 ungreased baking sheets and set in turned-off oven for 2 to 3 hours or overnight, until thoroughly dried (break one to test).
Makes 8 dozen
Source: Sunset Breads by the Editors of Sunset Books and Sunset Magazine, second printing, October 1986
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