Black & White Butter Pretzels

Name: Black & White Butter Pretzels
Yield: Makes 40 pretzels
Ingredients: 4 ounces (½ cup) cream cheese, softened; 2¼ cups flour; ¾ cup sugar; 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped coarse (or 1⅓ cups semisweet chocolate morsels); 2 tablespoons solid vegetable shortening; ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened; 1½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 egg yolk

Preparation info

Makes
40
pretzels

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cookie Lover's Cookie Book

By Richard Sax

Published 1986

About

A rich cream cheese dough, formed into pretzels and dipped halfway in semisweet chocolate. For a mock salt effect, brush the unbaked pretzels with lightly beaten egg white and sprinkle with pearl sugar.

Ingredients

½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
4 ounces (<

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly butter two baking sheets; set aside.
Cream the butter, cream cheese, and sugar in an electric mixer at medium speed. Add the egg yolk, then the vanilla and salt, mixing until smooth. Lower the mixer speed and add the