Pretzel stick

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 400 g wheat flour
• 250 ml whole milk
• 1 sachet of dry yeast
• 1 ½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp bread spice mix
• some caraway, whole
• 1 vegetable onion(s)
• some oil for frying
• some flour to knead smoothly
• 1 liter of water
• 35 g lye pearls

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Rest time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 2 hours 20 minutes

Delicious pretzels

Dissolve 35 to 40 grams of lye pearls in one liter of water. Be careful: add the water first, then the lye, so you don’t get any splashes in your eyes. Dice the onion and fry in oil until golden brown. Set aside and let cool. Mix the flour, dry yeast, salt, bread spice, and caraway seeds in a bowl. Add lukewarm milk and slowly knead the dough with a food processor for at least 5 minutes. Now add the fried onions with the oil and continue kneading. Add more flour if necessary. The dough should be nice and shiny and not sticky. Let the dough rise in a warm place for about 60 minutes until it has doubled in size. Knead the dough briefly again and divide it into 6 equal pieces. Roll out the pieces with a rolling pin into small flatbreads and twist them into logs. Dip the logs into the baking soda solution and then place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. You can now sprinkle the sticks with salt or something similar, if you like. Let them rise for 30 to 40 minutes and then bake them for 20 to 25 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius (400 degrees Fahrenheit) top/bottom heat.