Pretzels

Prep time: about 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp. yeast

• ½ c. warm water

• 1 tsp. honey

• 1-1/3 c. flour

• 1 tsp. salt

Utensils:

• oven (you'll need help from your adult assistant)

• small bowl

• mixing spoon

• medium-size bowl

• cutting board, sprinkled with flour

• baking sheet, sprayed with nonstick spray

• measuring cups and spoons

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 325° Fahrenheit (165° Celsius).

Put the yeast in a small bowl with the water and honey. Stir a little, then let the mixture sit for 5 minutes.

Mix the flour and salt together in a medium bowl.

After the 5 minutes is up, check on the yeast mixture. It should be bigger than before and a little bubbly. Add this mixture to the flour and salt mixture.

Stir everything together. Use a spoon to start. Finish with your hands. The dough is ready when it's still a little crumbly and flaky.

Put the dough on the cutting board and knead it like you are playing with clay. Knead it into one big ball.

Break off a piece of dough that's about the size of a big gumball or superball. Use your hands to roll it into a skinny snake.

Twist the snake into a medium-size pretzel shape, and put it on the cookie sheet. Do this with all the dough, making 12 pretzels.

Bake your pretzels for 10 minutes. Let them cool and take a bite!

Serves: 12

Serving size: 1 pretzel

Nutritional analysis (per serving):

56 calories

1 g protein

0 g fat

12 g carbohydrate

0 g fiber

0 mg cholesterol

192 mg sodium

2 mg calcium

0.7 mg iron

Note: Nutritional analysis may vary depending on ingredient brands used.

Reviewed by: Allison Brinkley, RD, LD/N

Source: kidshealth.org