Annarasa chose “Festive Bread” for the 15 th edition of Bread Baking Day. I baked a Pandoro for the Culinary Advent Calendar. Fortunately the festive season means the time around and including the Christmas and New Year holidays. So I baked a
New Year Pretzel
A pretzel is the symbol for infinity, it is understood as a good luck charm or blessing. In some regions of Germany sharing the New Year Pretzel with others promises luck and well-being.
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| Title: | New Year’s Pretzel |
| Categories: | Baking, Yeast |
| Yield: | 1 Recipe |
Ingredients
| H | PREFERMENT | ||
| 250 | grams | Wheat flour 550, US: AP | |
| 200 | grams | Milk ca. 30° C | |
| 7 | grams | Dry yeast | |
| Or | |||
| 25 | grams | Fresh yeast | |
| H | FINAL DOUGH | ||
| 475 | grams | Preferment | |
| 250 | grams | Wheat flour 550, US: AP | |
| 5 | grams | Baking malt | |
| 5 | grams | Gluten | |
| 75 | grams | Sugar | |
| 100 | grams | Butter | |
| 100 | grams | Egg, 2 large eggs | |
| 5 | grams | Salt | |
| 1 | Lemon, the peel, finely groung | ||
| H | GLAZING AND DECORATING | ||
| 1 | Egg, about 50 grams | ||
| Hail sized sugar | |||
Source
| Backtag 1/2003 |
| Edited *RK* 12/31/2008 by | |
| Ulrike Westphal |
Directions
For the preferment stir all the ingredients together and let rise for at least 40 minutes.
Final dough:
Prepare a smooth dough with all ingredients and let rest for 30 to 40 minutes.
Form a pretzel
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Cover with a cloth and let rise well.
Mix egg with a pinch of salt and glaze the pretzel, Sprinkle with haile sized sugar.
Bake about 20 minutes in a preheated oven at 190 °C
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What an absolutely gorgeous bread! Have a wonderful New Year.
This looks incredible.
Holiday Pretzel
I love the idea of a holiday pretzel.
I love pretzels, yours looks like a cross between a pretzel and a challah.
Wonderful!
ps, yes, I noticed you have the same cup and saucer, I got mine from Ikea.
Cheers!
sieht toll aus :-)!!
Just wanted to say thanks for sharing this recipe. A holiday pretzel sounds great, can’t wait to try it.