* Exported from MasterCook *

                             Cheesy Pretzels

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Serving Size  : 16    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Appetizers                      Baking with Kids
                Breads

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                        Shortening
  1 1/2           cups  all-purpose flour
     1/2           cup  shredded Cheddar cheese (2 ounces)
     2/3           cup  milk
  2        tablespoons  margarine or butter (from a stick)
  2          teaspoons  baking powder
  1           teaspoon  sugar
     1/2      teaspoon  salt
  1              large  egg
                        Coarse salt

Heat oven to 400 .

Generously grease cookie sheet with:
    Shortening

Mix in medium bowl with fork to make a dough:
    1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
    1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (2 ounces)
    2/3 cup milk
    2 tablespoons (from a stick) margarine or butter
    2 teaspoons baking powder
    1 teaspoon sugar
    1/2 teaspoon salt

Sprinkle a clean surface (such as a kitchen counter or bread board)
with flour.  Put dough on surface. Roll ball of dough around 3 or 4
times. Knead dough quickly and lightly by folding, pressing and
turning. Repeat 10 times.  Divide dough in half. Roll or pat half of
the dough into 12x8-inch rectangle. 

Adult help: Cut dough lengthwise into eight 1-inch-wide strips. Fold
each strip lengthwise in half to make it more narrow. Pinch the edges
to seal.  Twist each strip into a pretzel shape. Put pretzels, seam
sides down, on cookie sheet.

Beat in small bowl with fork:
    1 large egg

Brush pretzels with the beaten egg, then sprinkle lightly with:
    Coarse salt

Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove pretzels from
cookie sheet with spatula to wire rack. Cool. Repeat making pretzels
with the rest of the dough.

Please note, if you should change this recipe it will no longer be an
approved Betty Crocker(R) Recipe.

Copyright:
  "(C) General Mills, Inc. 1998."

Yield:
  "16 Pretzels"

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Per serving: 81 Calories (kcal);
  3g Total Fat; (37% calories from fat);
  3g Protein; 10g Carbohydrate; 17mg Cholesterol; 175mg Sodium

Food Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit;
  1/2 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates

NOTES: Utensils You Will Need
* Cookie sheet
* Pastry brush
* Medium bowl
* Fork
* Dry-ingredient measuring cups
* Liquid measuring cup
* Measuring spoons
* Rolling pin
* Ruler
* Knife
* Small bowl
* Pot holders
* Spatula
* Wire cooling rack

Here's another idea... Make Peanutty Pretzels: Leave out the cheese.
Use 2 tablespoons crunchy peanut butter in place of the margarine.
Use 2 tablespoons chopped salted peanuts in place of the coarse salt.

Tip:
A pizza cutter makes quick work of cutting the dough into strips.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 4922 0 4098 0 0 0 0 0