Scandinavian sugar pretzels

Name: Scandinavian sugar pretzels
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 40
Ingredients: 75 soft butter or margarine; 100 g Sugar; 1 package Vanillin sugar; 1 pinch Salt; 1 egg (size M); 2 Egg yolk (size M); 7-10 Tbsp grated rind of 1/2 untreated lemon; 8 drops of bitter almond baking oil; 200 g Flour; 50 g ground almonds (without skin); 1 coated Tsp Baking Powder; 40-50 g Sugar crystals; 7-10 Tbsp Flour; baking paper

AUTHOR
Brooke Calhoun

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
90 mins

TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 40

75 soft butter or margarine
100 g Sugar
1 package Vanillin sugar
1 pinch Salt
1 egg (size M)
2 Egg yolk (size M)
7-10 Tbsp grated rind of 1/2 untreated lemon
8 drops of bitter almond baking oil
200 g Flour
50 g ground almonds (without skin)
1 coated Tsp Baking Powder
40-50 g Sugar crystals
7-10 Tbsp Flour
baking paper

Directions

1
Cream fat, sugar, vanillin sugar and salt. Stir in egg, 1 egg yolk, lemon peel and bitter almond oil. Mix flour, almonds and baking powder, add and knead everything into a soft dough. Form 2 rolls of the dough, each about 20 cm long. Wrap in foil and chill for about 2 hours. Cut rolls into slices of approx. 1.5 cm and roll them into strands of approx. 18 cm in length.
2
Form into pretzels and spread them on 2 baking trays lined with baking paper. Mix the remaining egg yolk and 1 teaspoon of water. Brush the pretzels with this mixture and sprinkle with sugar crystals. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for about 12 minutes. Let them cool down. Makes approx. 40 pretzels