Sweet Pretzels

Ingredients

• 300 g flour
• 100 g powdered sugar
• 1 vanilla bean (pulp)
• 1 packet vanilla sugar
• 150 g butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 Tbsp whipping cream
• 150 g powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp rum
• Hail sugar

Instructions

1. 1.

   Add all dough ingredients to the food processor with a blade and process on high speed until crumbly. Transfer to a work surface, knead into a sticky dough, wrap in plastic film, and refrigerate for 2 hours.

2. 2.

   Divide the dough into seven portions, shape each into a mound, then cut each into ten pieces. Shape each piece into a roughly 15 cm long, 5 mm thick mound and twist into pretzel shapes.

3. 3.

   Place the pretzels on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, spacing them apart. Bake in a preheated oven at 175 °C for about 12–15 minutes.

4. 4.

   Whisk powdered sugar with rum to make a glaze, brush it over the pretzels, garnish with hail sugar if desired, and let dry.