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Ingredients

2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast 1 cup warm water (110 degrees F (43 degrees C)) 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons white sugar 1 tablespoon shortening, melted 1 teaspoon salt 1 egg yolk 1 tablespoon water coarse salt, or to taste

Nutrition Info

158 calories carbohydrate: 30.4 g cholesterol: 17.1 mg fat: 1.8 g fiber: 1.2 g protein: 4.4 g saturatedFat: 0.5 g servingSize: - sodium: 676.4 mg sugar: 2.2 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Stir yeast into 1 cup warm water in a large bowl, beat in flour, sugar, shortening, and salt to make a dough. Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes.
Place dough into a greased bowl and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Punch down dough and divide into 12 equal-size pieces. Roll each piece into a rope 18 to 20 inches long.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
Shape each rope of dough into a pretzel on the prepared baking sheet, let pretzels rest for 5 minutes. Beat egg yolk with 1 tablespoon water in a small bowl and brush yolk mixture over each pretzel, sprinkle each with coarse salt.
Bake in the preheated oven until pretzels are golden brown, about 15 minutes.

1 dozen pretzels

Fun to make.