Swedish Jul pretzel

Name: Swedish Jul pretzel
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 40
Ingredients: 75 g soft butter; 100 g Sugar; 1 pinch Salt; 1 egg (size M); 2 Egg yolk (size M); 7-10 Tbsp grated rind of 1/2 untreated lemon; 1 Bottle of butter-vanilla flavour; 200 g Flour; 50 g crushed almonds; 1 TEASPOON Baking Powder; 40-50 g Sugar crystals; 7-10 Tbsp Flour; 7-10 Tbsp Cling film; baking paper

AUTHOR
Melissa Olsen

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
90 mins

TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 40

75 g soft butter
100 g Sugar
1 pinch Salt
1 egg (size M)
2 Egg yolk (size M)
7-10 Tbsp grated rind of 1/2 untreated lemon
1 Bottle of butter-vanilla flavour
200 g Flour
50 g crushed almonds
1 TEASPOON Baking Powder
40-50 g Sugar crystals
7-10 Tbsp Flour
7-10 Tbsp Cling film
baking paper

Directions

1
Cream butter, sugar and salt. Stir in egg, 1 egg yolk, lemon peel and butter- vanilla flavouring. 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/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for 10-12 minutes. Let them cool down