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Cheesy Pretzels
* Exported from MasterCook *
Cheesy Pretzels
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Serving Size : 16 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Appetizers Baking with Kids
Breads
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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Shortening
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (2 ounces)
2/3 cup milk
2 tablespoons margarine or butter (from a stick)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 large egg
Coarse salt
Heat oven to 400º.
Generously grease cookie sheet with:
Shortening
Mix in medium bowl with fork to make a dough:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (2 ounces)
2/3 cup milk
2 tablespoons (from a stick) margarine or butter
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
Sprinkle a clean surface (such as a kitchen counter or bread board) with flour.
Put dough on surface. Roll ball of dough around 3 or 4 times. Knead dough quic
kly and lightly by folding, pressing and turning. Repeat 10 times.
Divide dough in half. Roll or pat half of the dough into 12 × 8-inch
rectangle.
Adult help: Cut dough lengthwise into eight 1-inch-wide strips. Fold each strip
lengthwise in half to make it more narrow. Pinch the edges to seal.
Twist each strip into a pretzel shape. Put pretzels, seam sides down, on cookie
sheet.
Beat in small bowl with fork:
1 large egg
Brush pretzels with the beaten egg, then sprinkle lightly with:
Coarse salt
Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove pretzels from cookie sheet
with spatula to wire rack. Cool. Repeat making pretzels with the rest of the do
ugh.
Please note, if you should change this recipe it will no longer be an approved
Betty Crocker® Recipe.
Copyright:
"© General Mills, Inc. 1998."
Yield:
"16 Pretzels"
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Per serving: 81 Calories (kcal); 3g Total Fat; (37% calories from fat); 3g Prot
ein; 10g Carbohydrate; 17mg Cholesterol; 175mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Fat;
0 Other Carbohydrates
NOTES : Utensils You Will Need
Cookie sheet • Pastry brush • Medium bowl • Fork •
Dry-ingredient measuring cups • L
iquid measuring cup • Measuring spoons • Rolling pin • Ruler
• Knife • Small bowl • P
ot holders • Spatula • Wire cooling rack
Here's another idea. . . Make Peanutty Pretzels: Leave out the cheese. Use 2 ta
blespoons crunchy peanut butter in place of the margarine. Use 2 tablespoons ch
opped salted peanuts in place of the coarse salt.
Tip
A pizza cutter makes quick work of cutting the dough into strips.
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 4922 0 4098 0 0 0 0 0
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