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Title:How to Make them Goodies
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Created:Tue Feb 18 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
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2199.0. "Pretzels" by CSOA1::WIEGMANN () Mon Jan 15 1990 11:07

    Does anyone have a recipe for soft pretzels?  Will bread dough work,
    if shaped and glazed before baking?  I used to have a recipe but
    couldn't find it this weekend, and I can't remember how much different,
    if any, it was from bread.
    
    Thanks!
    
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2199.1Check out THE cookbook.REORG::AITELNever eat a barracuda over 3 lbs.Mon Jan 15 1990 11:464
    I use the one in Joy of Cooking.  Don't have it here with me, but
    SURELY you have JOY?  ;-)
    
    --Louise
2199.2I think it was just white bread dough6308::RICHARDSONMon Jan 15 1990 12:583
    I haven't made those uin years, but as far as I can recall the recipe
    was basically white bread dough, though you can "liven em up" a bit by
    adding things like cracked peppercorns.
2199.3RAINBO::CANNOYwith dying dreams beset.Mon Jan 15 1990 14:266
    There was an excellent recipe last fall (or maybe the year before) in
    either Food and Wine or Bon Appetit. (How's that for specific and
    helpful ;-) It was basically a yeast bread, but the important part was
    to boil them a minute or so in water with some liquid malt in it. That
    gives them the right glaze and consistency. I'll try to find the
    magazine and enter the recipe, but it may take a while.
2199.4I add a little extra oilFORTSC::WILDEAsk yourself..am I a happy cow?Mon Jan 15 1990 16:515
A white or whole wheat (yes, they taste wonderful) yeast-risen bread recipe
is fine, but I think the end product is better if I make the dough "shorter"
by adding additional oil.  I use approx. 1 and 1/2 times the oil in pretzel
dough as I use in bread dough.  I use canola or olive oil, not butter or
margarine.
2199.5How about hard pretzels?FLUKES::SUTTONHe roams the seas in freedom...Wed May 13 1992 07:409
    Okay, here's one I haven't heard asked in here before:
    
    How can I make some nice HARD pretzels? I've made the soft pretzels
    from 'Joy..', and found a similar (marginally better, I thought) one in
    the King Arthur cookbook. But I occasionally enjoy the crunchiness of a
    nice hard pretzel (like Bachman's or Snyder's from Shaw's) - how can I
    duplicate this at home?
    
    	/Harry
2199.6Don't pre-boilSAHQ::WILLARDREMEMBER THE PRIME DIRECTIVEThu Aug 06 1992 09:494
    Not knowing for sure, but try NOT boiling them first, lay them on a
    cookie sheet, and bake at a low temp.
    
    					Cynthia