Easy-soft-pretzels
Ingredients
1. 1 tablespoon dry active yeast
2. 1 1/3 cups of warm water
3. 1 tablespoon of sugar
4. ½ teaspoon of salt
5. 3 ½ to 4 cups all-purpose flour
6. 1 egg
7. 1 tablespoon of water
8. 2 tablespoon of course salt
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees
2. Grease two large baking sheets (or cover with parchment paper)
3. In a large bowl sprinkle yeast over the warm water (water should
be very warm to touch) stir until yeast is dissolved
4. With a wooden spoon gradually stir in sugar, salt and 3 ½ cups of
flour until soft and slightly sticky dough forms.
5. Turn dough onto a well-floured board to kneed fold dough
towards you; with the heels of your hands push the dough away
with short rocking motions. Rotate the dough a quarter turn and
repeat motion
6. Cut the dough in half and then cut each half into six equal sized
pieces. With floured hands roll one piece of dough between the
palms of hands to form a dough rope. Continue rolling and
stretching the dough rope until 15in long.
7. Continue with others. In a small bowl mix together one egg and
water, brush on pretzel. Sprinkle on salt.
8. Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
Interesting facts
1. Platano Forest was nominated as one of the new Seven Wonders
of the World.
2. They have no volcanoes, and only one natural lake.
3. Has one of the oldest clocks in the world
4. With the amount of coral reefs that are in the bay islands,
Honduras is the second country in the world with more coral reefs
after Australia.
5. Sept. 15th is celebrated as Independence Day in Honduras which
coincides with that of the other countries in Central America.
Sources
www.borninhonduras.com\
www.food.com
Diego Holm