Neujahrsbretzel (German New Year's Pretzel)

1. 4 cups all-purpose flour
2. 2 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
3.  4 Tbsp sugar
4.  1 tsp salt
5.  4 Tbsp unsalted butter at room temp.
6. 1 egg at room temp.
7. 2 cups milk using 4-5 cups of flour)
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9. 1 egg for egg wash
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11. Combine milk, yeast and sugar and let set till bubbly.  Add salt and flour and knead.
12. Raise 1 hour.  Make into a rope and twist into a pretzel shape.  Let raise another 45 minutes or so.  Brush with a whipped whole egg and add any toppings before putting in oven.  This pretzel had sesame seeds and Pink Himalaya salt on top.  
13. Bake 400 degrees 25-30 minutes or until done. 
14. Delicious  :)
15. ~Carol~
16. 1-1-2022  I cut this recipe in half for all ingredients except the flour and yeast.  I used about 2 1/2 cups of flour and 2 teaspoons of yeast.