Whether you are a K-12 student, college student, teacher, parent, or work in the education system, celebrate the end of the semester, and National Pretzel Day on Monday April 26th, by preparing a fun treat for yourself, Danish inspired Pretzels, found in Around the World Making Cookies, by Josephine Perry, 1940, TX771.P4 1940.
This
semester we are featuring recipes from cookbooks located in the UW-Stout
Archives Special Collections. The Special Collections are older, more rare, or
Stout related books that were originally located in the UW-Stout Library’s main
stacks collection. This past year we added a wealth of cookbooks to the special
collections, and I scoured the shelves for recipes to bring the world of baking
to your home during this time.
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Before
trying this recipe, I found many variations of pretzel recipes, and modified my
original recipe to include steps from other recipes. Variations include using
or not using yeast, the types of ingredients in the pretzels, dipping the
pretzels into a pot of hot water and baking soda before baking them, spreading
a beaten egg wash onto pretzels before baking (which I added to my recipe),
sprinkling with salt or sugar, spreading butter on the pretzels after they are
baked, adding cheese to the mix, and the list goes on. If I make them again, I
will probably roll the dough into longer strips to make bigger pretzels. This
first time, I kept my dough strips flat after cutting them. The pretzels came
out soft and flaky, with a light, crispy bottom. They taste like biscuits. As I
am from Wisconsin, I love dipping a soft, salty pretzel into a bowl of hot
cheese sauce. Pretzels are also good sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. If you
are subscribed to the Discovery Plus platform, I suggest checking out the
Magnolia Table cooking show hosted by Joanna Gaines. She has an episode all
about appetizers, and creates yeast-based pretzels and a cheese dipping sauce
that looks amazing! Bon Appetit!
Ingredients: Flour, Sugar, Baking powder, Butter, Heavy whipping cream 
The mixed dough 
Pretzel set up with rolling pin station and egg wash
If folding pretzels seems like a daunting task, here are a couple Youtube tutorial videos to help get you started:
https://www.wikihow.com/Twist-a-Pretzel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCtGEkl6Ljs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILXH7kxtcxw
Similar
pretzel recipes without yeast:
Brianna
Joycee: https://briannajoycee.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/soft-homemade-pretzels-without-yeast/
The Beader
Chef: https://www.thebeaderchef.com/no-yeast-pretzels/
The Gunny
Sack: https://www.thegunnysack.com/two-ingredient-dough-pretzel-bites/
By: Julie Hatfield, Archives Assistant, UW-Stout Archives
