Chocolate pretzels
250 gr flour
180 gr
 butter or margarine
150 gr
 sugar
1 egg
grated peel of 1/2 lemon
30 gr
 ground almond
1/2 tablespoon rum
2 tablespoons cocoa
250 gr
 icing sugar
2 teaspoons cocoa
4-5 tablespoons rum
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Preparation in advance:
Sift the flour in a deep bowl and add sliced butter, sugar, egg, lemon grater, almonds, rum and cocoa. Knead to a smooth dough.
Put the dough 1 hour in the fridge to firm.
How to prepare:
Preheat the oven to 175°C/350°F (fan oven 160°C/310°F).
Grease and flour a baking pan. Roll of bits of dough thin rolls of about 1/2 cm thick and 12 to 15 cm long and fold the rolls to pretzels.
Push the ends carefully. Bake the pretzels for 10-12 minutes in the middle of the oven and let cool on a wire rack.
Make a glaze of icing sugar, rum and cocoa and brush it over the cookies.
First published: April 12, 2003, Netherlands
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