Tantalizing Twists

Recently Katrina and I have had a lot a lot of sweet stuff. Now that is all fine and dandy, but even we can get a little sick of it. Ok maybe we don't get sick of it, but when you eat a lot of treats sometimes you feel like you shouldn't be eating as many. Well of course we still needed to have Sunday baking night! And we needed a little somethin somethin...so we decided on homemade soft pretzels!
Now when I'm shopping and I get hungry, I need food to keep me going strong. My favorite little snack/treat to get at a mall is for sure a cinnamon sugar pretzel with caramel dipping sauce! YUM. So for the sweetness factor to this dessert we did cinnamon sugar coating with caramel dipping sauce. They were just what we needed.




Ingredients:
1 1/2 c warm water
1 1/8 tsp active dry yeast
2 tblsp brown sugar
1 1/8 tsp salt
3 1/4 c regular flour
4 tblsp butter (melted)
Cinnamon and sugar to taste

How to put it all together:
Preheat oven to 450.
In a mixing bowl, add yeast to lukewarm water. Stir until dissolved. Add the sugar, salt and stir to dissolve. Add flour and knead dough until it is smooth and elastic. Let it rise for at least half an hour.




Once dough has risen, separate out sections and roll into a long rope (about 1/2 inch or less thick) and shape into desired form. Place on baking sheet and let rise again(this only takes about 10 min). Bake for 10min or until golden. Brush with melted butter and cover with cinnamon sugar mixture. Dip in caramel if desired.




And of course...Enjoy!