Use an electric mixer to work the softened butter and the sugar together in a mixing bowl. In another bowl, dissolve the cocoa in a little hot water, leave to cool. Add the cocoa to the butter-sugar mixture. Mix in the flour in two or three steps, beating well each time, then add the beaten egg. Form long lumps of the obtained dough, about 12-inch long. Make a pretzel out of each lump. Place the pretzels on a baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Allow to cool on a wire tray. Prepare the icing: break the plain chocolate into pieces, melt in a double boiler, add the confectioners╒ sugar and the butter, mix well. Dip the pretzels, one at a time, into the icing. Leave to dry and drain on a wire tray.
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2cups flour
1 stick butter
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup powdered cocoa
1 egg
Icing:
1 cup confectioners╒ sugar
8 3/4 oz plain chocolate
2 tbsp butter
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35
mn
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10
mn
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Use eyebrow tweezers to dip the pretzels into the icing.
