Cinnamon Pretzel

I took this recipe from copycat.com. It's a hit among the kids! They simply love it. But then it tends to harden the next day but you can just sprinkle some water, cover with a plate and reheat using the microwave. I used my breadmaker.. so it's really soft! But you can knead yourself, takes a little more energy.. but it's worth it. Maybe I should try freeze them in the freezer..

Pretzel
Ingredients
A - Mix together until everything dissolve
1 1/2 cup lukewarm water
1 1/4 tbspn mauripan
2 tblspn brown sugar

B - Mix together
1 1/4 tspn salt
1 cup bread flour
3 cup AP flour

C - Mix together when waiting the dough to rise
1 cup tap water
1 tblpn baking soda

Method
1. Add water mixture to the flour bit by bit..
2. Knead until the dough is smooth
3. Allow dough to rest for 1/2 hour

While waiting, you can:-

4. Mix 1 cup of tap water with 1 tbspn of baking soda. Make sure the bowl is not too small as you have to dip the pretzel in the solution.
5. Sprinkle flour on your baking tray.

Then continue with the dough
6. Using scissors, cut a bit and roll to make a long rope. Rolling backwards is definitely easier than moving back and forth.. Make sure the rope is not too thick.. It will rise later.. Unless you like the pretzel to look clumsy.. (my first ones were really messy and bulky.. ha ha ha)



7. Try to imagine working at Auntie Anne's.. (actually, I stopped at Auntie Anne's kiosk to see how they make their pretzel.. it's tricky a bit.. but then. you'll get used to it!)

8. Dip in baking soda mixture, quickly put on the baking tray. Terbalikkan.. takla terbukak pretzel tu nanti.. (I normally make a few pretzel before dipping in the solution.. your hands will get sticky.. and you'll make a real mess)



9. At this point, it will rise again.. and bake at 190 c for about 10 minutes

Tip:-
Don't wait until the pretzel gets brown.. it will be hard. Look at the the first pic, the ones without topping is really pale and yet you can see brownish colour of the bottom part of the pretzel.

Unlike baking cakes, when baking bread, you can open the oven to check..

Topping

Ingredients
Melted butter

Mix this together
Brown sugar (ada jual kat kedai baking suppy)
Cinnamon


Method
Dip the pretzel in the melted butter.
Quickly dip the pretzel in the sugar mixture.