Homemade Pretzels - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 lbs. self-rising flour
2 tsp. salt
3 eggs
1 lg. c. milnot
4 Tbsp. melted lard
3 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 - 1 c. sweet milk, enough (enough to make dough work well)

Preparation

Mix your baking soda in your buttermilk. Mix all ingredients. Knead until dough works well. Soft dough makes a much better pretzel. Roll into pretzel. Cook in lye water (6 c. water to 2 tsp. lye) until pretzels float to top. Take out of water and drain, then salt, put in a heavily greased baking pan. Bake in a 450 - 500 degree oven until nice and brown. Change the lye water about half way through or else add more lye and water.