Country Fair Soft Pretzels - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 envelope active dry yeast
1 1/4 c. warm water
2 tsp. salt
4 to 5 c. flour
4 tsp. baking soda
1 qt. water
coarse (kosher) salt

Preparation

Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup warm water; stir in remaining 1 cup water.
Mix
salt with 4 cups flour in large bowl.
Add dissolved yeast.
Add
enough
additional flour to make stiff dough.
Knead 10 minutes or until dough feels elastic.
Round dough
into
ball. Place
in lightly greased bowl, turning to coat
dough.
Cover; let
rise in warm place until doubled in bulk,
about
45 minutes. Pinch off small amount of dough and roll
between
hands to form coil about 20 inches long and 1/4 inch
in
diameter.
Shape
coil as pretzel.
(Make a loop by carefully
picking
up
ends and forming a loop in the center; bring left end over to the right and right end under the left, forming a
twist
at top of loop.
Turn the ends over and back onto loop, pressing ends against sides.) Repeat with remaining dough.
Dissolve
baking
soda
in
water and bring to a boil. Drop one
pretzel
at a time into boiling water and let boil 1 minute
or
until
pretzel
floats.
Remove; drain.
Place on buttered
baking
sheets.
Sprinkle with coarse salt.
Bake at 475\u00b0
for
12 minutes or until golden brown.
Place on rack to cool.
The treat is yours.