I wanted to post the soft pretzel recipe that I got from my Home Ec teacher in 8th grade but I couldn’t find it. I did a google search, however, and found one that I think is pretty close on cbc.ca. I hope you love it as much as I have over the years. Don’t loose this one, it’s so easy and really good.

• 1 1/3 cup warm water
• 1 tbsp active dry yeast
• 2 3/4 to 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt, for pretzel dough
• 1 egg + 1 tbsp water, for egg wash
• Coarse salt, to taste, for finishing pretzels

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
2. Combine warm water with yeast in a small bowl. Let stand 5 minutes.
3. Combine 2 3/4 cups flour, sugar and salt in a large bowl.
4. Add yeast mixture to flour mixture. Stirring or mixing with your hands to bring dough together, adding 1/4 cup more flour, as needed.
5. Sprinkle work surface with flour and knead dough until smooth and elastic.
6. Divide dough into 12 equal pieces. Roll into 15-inch long ropes. Shape into a pretzel knot. (You could also just make pretzel sticks, if you like.)
7. Brush each pretzel with egg wash and sprinkle with coarse salt.
8. Bake until golden brown, about 15 to 20 minutes.