Name: Chocolate Almond Pretzels
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Ingredients: 2/3 cup unsalted butter; room temp; 1/2 cup almond paste; room temp; 1/2 cup granulated sugar; 1 large egg white; 2 teaspoon almond extract; 2 cup flour; 1 cup (heaping) confectioners' sugar for rolling pretzels; 1/2 pound semisweet chocolate; Melted Almond Paste (ingredients follow, recipe below); 8 ounce almonds; blanched; 1/4 cup unsalted butter; soft; 1 cup (heaping) confectioner's sugar; 1 egg white

Chocolate Almond Pretzels

Chocolate Almond Pretzels are a special treat and taste great any time! This is a favorite chocolate covered pretzel recipe because of the terrific additional flavor from the almonds. Try it today and you'll see why everyone loves it!

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Preparation Time1 hr 10 min

Cooking Time10 min

Ingredients

2/3 cup unsalted butter; room temp
1/2 cup almond paste; room temp
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg white
2 teaspoons almond extract
2 cups flour
1 cup (heaping) confectioners' sugar for rolling pretzels
1/2 pound semisweet chocolate
Melted Almond Paste (ingredients follow, recipe below)
8 ounces almonds; blanched
1/4 cup unsalted butter; soft
1 cup (heaping) confectioner's sugar
1 egg white

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325°F.
Line baking pans with parchment or waxed paper.
Cream butter and broken-up almond paste (recipe below) with sugar in electric mixer.
Add egg white and extract and blend.
Add the flour and blend well.
Cover bowl and refrigerate one hour or longer.
Dust rolling surface with confectioner' sugar.
Use a generous teaspoon of dough and roll into a 6-inch rope.
Place on baking sheet and form into pretzel shape.
Bake about 10 minutes; don't allow to color.
Melt chocolate in a double boiler over hot (not boiling) water. Stir to smooth.
Dip half of each pretzel in chocolate, then drain on wire rack with a pan underneath (scrape chocolate drippings and re-use). Store in airtight container.

Almond Paste

Using the steel blade of the food processor, grind almonds to a fine powder.
Add butter in chunks and process to blend.
Add sugar; process.
Beat egg white stiff with a whisk or electric mixer, then drop into almond paste.
Add extract. Process just to blend ingredients.
Store paste in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Almond paste will "ripen" and flavors will develop.