Soft Pretzel Sea Critters - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. dry yeast
1 c. warm water
1 beaten egg
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. salt
4 c. flour

Preparation

Mix the yeast, sugar, salt and warm water in a bowl.
Add half of flour; stir it in, then add the rest of the flour.
Stir and mix it until it becomes a sticky dough.
Sprinkle some flour on a cutting board and put the dough on it.
Knead the dough until it is soft and smooth.
(Add a little more flour, if necessary, to make less sticky.)
Roll dough like a snake; shape into sea critters (octopus, sea horse).
Brush with egg.
Bake at 425\u00b0 for 15 minutes.