Gluten Free Soft Pretzel

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
• 1/8 cup warm water (105 degrees)
• 1 1/3 cups warm water
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 5 cups gluten-free flour, mix (with gum already added)
• 2-4 tablespoons baking soda (2 tablespoons to each cup of water in sauce pan)
• coarse salt, to taste

Directions

1. 1

   Dissolve the yeast in 1/8 cup warm water. Stir in remaining warm water, brown sugar and flour. Bear until smooth. Knead until smooth and elastic.

2. 2

   use hands to roll out dough into "snakes". Twist into traditional pretzel shape or braid.

3. 3

   Heat oven to 475 degrees.

4. 4

   Fill a saucepan with water. Pour in baking soda (2tbls to each cup of water in saucepan) and bring to a boil.

5. 5

   Place twisted pretzel dough in water for 15 seconds until dough is golden or yellow in color. Then remove pretzel from boiling water and place on a salted cookie sheet. Salt top of pretzel too.

6. 6

   Place cookie sheet with pretzels in the oven and bake for 8 to 10 minutes until pretzels are golden brown.