"CTR" pretzels - The Friend Jan. 2012 recipe

1 teaspoon salt

2 1/2 - 3 cups flour

1 Tablespoon yeast

1 cup warm water
1 Tablespoon sugar

melted butter

course salt

1) Mix the first 5 ingredients until they form a ball. Then knead dough until smooth and elastic. Cover with a clean towel and let rise in a warm place for one hour.

2) Pull off sections of the dough and roll into long ropes. Form the ropes into the letters "CTR" / Hearts / the CTR shield etc.

3) Put the pretzels on a greased cookie sheet and bake 8-10 min. at 450F.

Brush pretzels with melted butter (and I added course sea salt!).

amazing - we love this recipe and pretzel making