Viipuri - Finnish Christmas Pretzel
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
-
1 twist
ingredients
- 2⁄3 cup milk
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 - 2 1⁄2 cups flour
- 2 1⁄2 teaspoons active dry yeast, one envelope is fine
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1⁄2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 1 egg
- 1 egg, beaten with 1 tbl water for glaze
directions
- Heat milk with sugar, butter and salt until hot, stir to melt butter and allow to cool until slightly warm, but not hot.
- Dissolve the yeast in tepid water, add a teaspoon of yeast and a pinch of sugar (if you wish). Set aside in warm place until warm and bubbly.
- Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, cardamon and nutmeg in mixer bowl.
- Combine the milk mixture with the yeast and add to the flour. Mix thoroughly.
- Add the egg and enough of the remaining flour to make a soft dough.
- Knead on a lightly floured surface for about 10 minutes, until smooth.
- Turn into a greased bowl, cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
- Punch down the dough, turn it out onto a work surface and form into a 32 inch rope.
- Shape the dough into a huge pretzel. (Form into a circle with two six inch ends curving into the center. Twist the ends together, then press and tuck under the top of the circle). Place on a greased baking sheet.
- Cover and let rise until almost double, about 30 minutes. Brush with the egg glaze and bake in a preheated 350 deg F oven for about 30 minutes or until done. Cool on wire rack.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
duonyte
United States
My screen name is a diminutive in Lithuanian for bread, so you won't be suprised to learn that I love to bake bread. In recent years I have been baking a lot of sourdough breads and have several starters sitting in my refrigerator. But I like to cook a lot of other things, as well, especially from various cultures. The cat wishes I would concentrate on meat and fish... I joined a few years ago but started posting recipes and participating in forums just recently - I wish I had done so earlier. Recipezaar is a great community! Right now I am a co-host for the Breads and Baking and the Eastern Europe forums - I hope to see you there!