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Tea Pretzels

4 servings

Ingredients

• 375 g flour (fine)
• 250 g sugar (sifted)
• 125 g butter (clarified)
• 3 pcs eggs
• 10 g cinnamon
• ammonium bicarbonate (powdered) (1 generous pinch)
• egg yolk and water (for brushing) (a little)

Instructions

1. Cream the eggs, butter, and sugar, then work into a dough with cinnamon and flour; finally, mix in the ammonium bicarbonate.
2. Form into pretzels, brush with egg yolk and water, and bake until golden in a moderately hot oven.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.