New Year's Pretzel Danish
This I come to find out is another Pittsburgh thing, a New Year’s Pretzel.
When I first moved to Cleveland, I really could not find anyone that made one. Finally located one store that did have a few. Why? Because it is a Pittsburgh-based store. I got one and took to the New Year’s eve party my ex and I were attending. They all looked at me like I had 10 eyes when I tried to explain the tradition, but of course his friends always looked at me like that, they never accepted me. Was one of the reasons we are divorced, LOL.
Ingredients
3 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
2 1/2 cups warm water
1 (18.25 ounce) package french vanilla cake mix
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/3 cup white sugar
White Glaze
Directions
In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
In a large bowl, combine the yeast mixture with the cake mix and 3 cups of the flour; stir to combine. Add the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring well after each addition. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 30 minutes.
Deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll the dough into a 10×16 inch rectangle. Spread the softened butter over the rectangle; then sprinkle on brown sugar and cinnamon. Starting from one of the long sides, roll up the rectangle and form it into a pretzel shape. Grease a 9×13 inch baking pan, place the pretzel-shaped dough on the pan. Cover the pretzel-shaped dough with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in volume, about 30 minutes. Then place the covered pretzel-shaped dough in the fridge overnight.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Brush the top of the pretzel-shaped dough with the melted butter, Bake at 375 degrees F for 20 minutes, or until pretzel is golden. When cooled, put a white glaze on the top, and decorate with finely cropped nuts and glazed cherries.
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My hubby is from Pittsburgh. I went to college there and also long for the food there. Like this pretzel, wedding soup and white pizza. I’m going to make him a pretzel to remind him of home.