Preheat your oven to 425°. To begin, mix the sugar into the lukewarm water. Sprinkle the yeast into the water. I used instant yeast, but if you are more familiar with yeast than I am, you could probably use alternatives. Cover the mixture with a towel, and let your yeast bloom for about 5-15 minutes. I found it took about 15 minutes.

Once your yeast has bloomed, mix in the salt. Slowly mix in the flour 1 cup at a time. Continue doing this until the dough is no longer sticky. Check if the dough bounces back by pressing your finger into the dough.

Knead the dough on a floured surface for about a 1 minute. Roll your dough into a ball and cut the dough into desired portion sizes. This recipe makes 8 large pretzels, but you can make as many as you wish by altering the size used.

To create the mickey shape roll your chunk of dough into a long rope. This part was tricky. You almost have to pull and roll at the same time, and work quickly. To make a mickey shaped head, start at the bottom of his face and loop each ear. Then connect the other end of the dough back at the bottom. Almost like tying a shoelace.

Beat an egg in a bowl and brush the egg thinly on top of your boiled pretzels. Sprinkle the pretzels with coarse salt.

Bake in the oven for 10 minutes. Then, broil them for another 2 minutes. Keep a close eye on them while broiling so they don’t burn.

Next step is optional, but who doesn’t want cheese sauce with their Mickey pretzel? For my cheese sauce, I simply melted cheez whiz, a cheese slice and a drop of milk, in a bowl. I mixed it thoroughly and made my pretzel delicious!

There you have it! Pop on some Mickey ears, enjoy some Disney tunes, and enjoy a Mickey treat.