Name: Swiss Pretzels
Yield: About sixteen 4- to 5-inch pastries
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ½ batch Quickest Puff Pastry; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; ¾ cup unbleached all-purpose flour; 3 tablespoons granulated sugar; 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold; 1 egg yolk; Pinch of salt; 2 teaspoons water; 1 egg well beaten with a pinch of salt; ¼ teaspoon baking powder; confectioners’ sugar for finishing

Preparation info

About
sixteen
4- to 5 inch pastries

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Bake

By Nick Malgieri

Published 1995

About

These are not only fast and easy to prepare but also impressive to serve. The use of two different doughs might seem unusual at first, but the result emphasizes the best qualities of each.

Ingredients

Sweet Dough

¾ cup unbleached all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons granulated sugar

Method

To prepare the sweet dough by hand, combine the dry ingredients in a medium mixing bowl and stir well to combine. Cut the butter into 1-tablespoon pieces and add to the dry ingredients. Toss once or twice to coat the pieces of butter. Then using your hands or a pastry blender, break the butter into tiny pieces and pinch and squeeze it into the dry ingredients. Occasional