Prepare a yeast dough from the dough ingredients and let rise. Then shape pretzels out of them, size as desired. Stick the egg and cream together and coat the pretzels with it. Bake at 200 degrees until they are nice and golden brown.
We have these palm pretzels for breakfast or afternoon coffee on Palm Sunday. In the past, boys gave their girls a palm pretzel as a token of love and the children received a pretzel from their godparent.