Filled pretzels

I adored pretzels when I was a child, but I haven`t bought it in a bakery in ages. I was very inspired with that white, rubber like, salty dressing.

Homemade pretzels

 I was always wondering how to make that dressing. It was real mystery for a long time. But if you want to find out something it must be done. Dressing for pretzels - piece of cake.

Salty dressing for pretzels

INGREDIENTS:

For dough:

Soft flour - 17,5 oz

One egg

Milk - 3 cups

Oil - 1 cup

Salt - 1 teaspoon

Sugar - 1 teaspoon

One yeast (1,41 oz)

For filling:

Dried ham or bacon - 7 oz

Pizza cheese - 3,5 oz

For dressing:

Flour - 1 tablespoon

Salt - 3 teaspoons

Water - 3 tablespoons

Filled pretzels preparation

PREPARATION:

Pour flour into deep pot, put an egg, add oil, lukewarm milk, salt, sugar and crumbled yeast. Knead smooth dough. If it is thinly add some more flour, if it is opposite add more water. You ought to separate dough from the pot without sticking to pot or your fingers. Place the dough onto floured desktop and knead it a little more. Oil the pot where you prepared dough and put the dough back in the pot. Cover it with clean dish cloth. Leave it to rise for about 45 minutes. After that, place it again onto floured desktop and make bowls from the dough. If you want bigger pretzels bowls should be grater.
Cut out ham or bacon and pizza cheese into small pieces. Stretch each bowl with rolling pin. Shape should be long elliptic. Put in some filling and roll it carefully. Do it with all bowls and filing. Roll in each part of dough, using your oiled hands, and make long rod. When all rods are finished it`s time to make pretzels. As you shape one, place it on baking pan. Turn on the even on 390 F. Leave the pretzels to stay for 10 minutes till oven is heating. Bake pretzels for 20 minutes. While pretzels are baking in oven you should prepare salty dressing. Mix flour and salt. Add water on demand and mix it all together until blobs disappear. Dressing is good enough if  it is steadily sliding down the spoon. Pull pretzels out of oven and sprinkle them with the dressing. Bake them back for 5 more minutes. Don`t give them chance to cool down, eat them all right now.

HAVE A NICE MEAL !!!