Chocolate Pretzels

Ingredients:

150 gms Margarine/ Butter, 100 gms Icing sugar , 1 Egg, 225 gms Plain flour, 25 gms Cocoa , 100 gms Cooking chocolate.

Preparation:

Soften the butter or margarine in a bowl and mix in the icing sugar, lightly beaten egg and salt. Sift in flour and cocoa and mix together to make stiff dough. Leave for 30 minutes. Roll out pieces of dough to the shape of pretzels. Place on a lightly greased tray and bake for 15-18 minutes in a moderate oven. Melt cooking chocolate with water over a low heat. Drop each pretzel into the hot chocolate and quickly remove. Dry each pretzel on greaseproof paper.