We've been meaning to put this recipe up for a long time. After the first time we tried it, John told me that he hoped I liked it because it was going to be a big part of our lives from then on, and it has.
We use it to make pretzels sometimes, but now we mainly use it for calzones. John makes the dough and I get everything ready, we spread on our toppings and fold them over, butter the top and put some garlic salt and Parmesan on the top and cook 'em. They are great!!! We also made mini pizza bites for Rook night. They were a big hit.
Here's the recipe. Now you can be creative too!
Soft Pretzels
Ingredients
2 cups Flour
2 ¼ tsp Yeast (or one packet)
1 Tbs Sugar
½ tsp Salt
¾ cups Warm Water
Vegetable Oil Spray
1 egg (optional) (We use butter!)
Coarse Salt (optional)
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Sprinkle a package of yeast onto ¾ cups of warm water. Add a tablespoon of sugar and stir. Let stand until mixture foams.
3. Put 2 cups of flour and ½ teaspoon of salt into a bowl. Add the yeast mixture and stir.
4. Sprinkle flour on the counter and knead the dough until it is smooth.
5. Roll pieces of dough into ropes and make shapes on cookie sheet lined with foil and sprayed with vegetable oil.
6. Melt some butter and brush pretzels with the butter and sprinkle with coarse salt (and whatever else you choose).
7. Put pretzels into the oven for about 15 minutes or until light brown.
