New Year Good Luck Pretzel Recipe

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New Year Good Luck Pretzel
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Ingredients:

  • 2 tsp. salt
  • 2 cup lukewarm water
  • 2 cakes yeast (or equivalent in dry yeast)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 7 - 7 1/2 cup flour

Directions:

  1. Mix dry milk, salt, sugar and water. Stir in mixing bowl. Stir
  2. In yeast until it dissolves. Add eggs and shortening and stir in.
  3. Add flour, cup by cup, beating in with mixer on high speed, until
  4. About half the flour is used. Mix in remaining flour. Let rise
  5. Until double. Punch down and let rise again. (If in haste you can
  6. Skip rising twice.) Take half of dough and roll it to form a long
  7. Strip and shape into a pretzel, twisting once at the center. Repeat
  8. Remaining half. Bake about 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove from
  9. Oven and brush with butter. Frost while still warm with a thin
  10. Powdered sugar and water frosting. Sprinkle with chopped nuts or
  11. Decorate with candied cherries, etc, if desired.
  12. Makes 16 servings and can be frozen.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2006.67 Kcal (8402 kJ)
Calories from fat 754.97 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 83.89g 129%
Cholesterol 83.09mg 28%
Sodium 7265.82mg 303%
Potassium 667.97mg 14%
Total Carbs 276.62g 92%
Sugars 4.05g 16%
Dietary Fiber 30.64g 123%
Protein 38.41g 77%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 1%
Iron 17.6mg 98%
Calcium 864.5mg 86%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 392.99 Kcal (1645 kJ)
Calories from fat 147.85 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16.43g 129%
Cholesterol 16.27mg 28%
Sodium 1422.95mg 303%
Potassium 130.82mg 14%
Total Carbs 54.17g 92%
Sugars 0.79g 16%
Dietary Fiber 6g 123%
Protein 7.52g 77%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 1%
Iron 3.4mg 98%
Calcium 169.3mg 86%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 46.3
    Points
  • 53
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol,
  • high fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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