Twisty Pretzels - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 tsp. dry yeast
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
6 tsp. warm water
egg
coarse salt
shortening
1 c. flour

Preparation

Put yeast into a bowl.
Add flour, sugar, warm water and salt. Mix the dough together until it makes a ball.
Put some flour on your hands and sprinkle a little on a board or table.
Knead the dough until it is smooth.
Punch it and squeeze it until it feels like a rubber ball.
Break off pieces of dough the size of a walnut.
Roll each piece into a long string.