Sweet Pretzels

Yep, that high school basketball team loves these!

Dough:
1 1/4 c. warm water
1 1/4 T. active dry yeast
3 ¾ c. flour
¾ c. powdered sugar
2t. vegetable oil.

Dissolve yeast in water. Add oil and sugar, then flour. Knead for 5 minutes and let rise for 45 minutes or until double.

Preheat oven to 425. ‘Pam’ baking sheets.

Bath
4 c. warm water
1/2 cup baking soda

Mix the bath. Divide dough into 16 pieces, (or whatever) and roll into ropes 18” long. Twist to be a pretzel. Hold by pinched ends and dip into bath. Blot on paper towel and put on baking sheet. Don’t crowd. Cook 4 minutes, then turn pan and cook another 4 minutes.

Coat with melted butter.

Sweet: dip into mixture of:
½ c. sugar
2t. cinnamon

Salted: Sprinkle with coarse salt or Kosher salt.

Savory: Sprinkle with mixture of ½ c. parmesan cheese and 1t. garlic salt.