German New Year Pretzel

Yeast Bread - Bread

This is a traditional New Year treat in Germany. It brings luck when it's the first thing you eat in the New Year. Germans typically eat it with butter spread on it. Rather than a salty pretzel, this is a lightly sweet dough. I converted and translated this from metric measurement and German language, and it turned out just wonderfully!

Brief

Prep 20 mins

Cook: 25 mins

Additional: 1hr35 mins

Total: 2hrs20 mins

Servings: 8

Yield: 8 servings

German New Year Pretzel

Ingredients

6 ¼ teaspoons active dry yeast

1 cup lukewarm milk

divided

4 ½ tablespoons white sugar

2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour

sifted

or more as needed

4 ½ tablespoons melted butter

1 egg

1 teaspoon lemon zest

1 pinch salt

1 egg yolk

1 teaspoon white sugar

or as needed

Honey Whole Wheat Challah

Bread

Directions

Step 1

Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup milk in a bowl; add 4 1/2 tablespoons sugar. Let stand until the yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam about 5 minutes.

Step 2

Stir yeast mixture and 2 1/4 cups flour together in a bowl until dough is dry and clumpy. Allow dough to rise for 15 minutes. Add remaining 1/2 cup milk butter egg lemon zest and salt to dough until evenly mixed.

Step 3

Knead dough adding more flour as needed until dough is elastic. Cover bowl with a clean damp towel or plastic wrap and allow dough to rise in a warm area until doubled in size about 1 hour.

Step 4

Preheat oven to 390 degrees F (199 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.

Step 5

Gently knead dough; roll into a long rope on the prepared baking sheet and twist into a pretzel shape. Cover dough with a clean towel or plastic wrap and allow to rise for 15 minutes more.

Step 6

Brush egg yolk over dough and sprinkle 1 teaspoon sugar over egg yolk.

Step 7

Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown 25 to 30 minutes.

Nutritional Information

German New Year Pretzel

Servings Per Recipe:8

Calories: 254.6

% Daily Value *

Protein: 7g 14%

Carbohydrates: 37.2g 12%

Dietary Fiber: 1.6g 7%

Sugars: 9.1g

Fat: 8.7g 13%

Saturated Fat: 5g 25%

Cholesterol: 68.5mg 23%

Vitamin A Iu: 317.8IU 6%

Niacin Equivalents: 4.8mg 37%

Vitamin B6: 0.1mg 6%

Vitamin C: 0.4mg 1%

Folate: 145.2mcg 36%

Calcium: 51.3mg 5%

Iron: 2.3mg 13%

Magnesium: 15.2mg 5%

Potassium: 159mg 5%

Sodium: 70.5mg 3%

Thiamin: 0.4mg 37%

Calories From Fat: 78.7

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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