Copycat Auntie Anne 's pretzels

Name: Copycat Auntie Anne 's pretzels
Total time: 70 min
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 4 cups bread flour; 2.25 teaspoons yeast; 2 tablespoons light brown sugar; 1.5 teaspoons salt; 0.25 cup oil; 1.5 cup warm water; 0.25 cup baking soda; 1 egg; pretzel sea salt; melted butter

1h 10m

Serves 1

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Copycat Auntie Anne 's pretzels

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1h 10m

Serves 1

Directions

1Add 4 to 4.5 cups of bread flour to a bowl.
2Add 2.25 teaspoons (or 1 packet) of fast-rising yeast to the flour.
3Add 2 tablespoons of light brown sugar to the mixture.
4Add 1.5 teaspoons of salt to the mixture.
5Whisk all dry ingredients together to ensure they are spread throughout the flour.
6Pour 1/4 cup of oil into the mixture.
7Pour 1.5 cups of warm water into the mixture.
8Start stirring the mixture in the bowl until it comes together.
9Turn the dough out onto a clean surface.
10Gather all the dough together and begin kneading it until all the dry flour is incorporated and the dough is somewhat smooth.
11Spray the bowl with oil.
12Place the kneaded dough into the oiled bowl.
13Cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
14Let the dough rise until it doubles in size, which should take approximately one hour.
15Once the dough has proofed, turn it out onto a clean surface.
16Preheat your oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
17Use a pizza cutter to cut a piece of dough off the main mass.
18Roll out the piece of dough into a long rope.
19Set the middle of the dough rope down, cross the ends, cross them again, and stick the ends down to form a pretzel shape.
20Get a shallow dish and pour some water in.
21Sprinkle about a quarter cup of baking soda into the water.
22Have a parchment-lined baking sheet ready.
23Dip both sides of each pretzel into the baking soda water.
24Place the dipped pretzels onto the parchment-lined baking tray.
25Brush all your pretzels with an egg wash.
26Sprinkle the pretzels with pretzel sea salt or coarse sea salt.
27Bake the pretzels in your 450-degree Fahrenheit oven for 10 minutes.
28Brush the baked pretzel with some melted butter.

Ingredients

4 cups bread flour
2.25 teaspoons yeast
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
1.5 teaspoons salt
0.25 cup oil
1.5 cup warm water
0.25 cup baking soda
1 egg
pretzel sea salt
melted butter

Equipment

bowlwhiskspatulapizza cutterparchment-lined baking sheetbaking trayshallow dishbasting brushplate

Tips

Do not add more liquid to the dough while kneading, even if it looks dry.
Do not punch down the dough after it has risen, to ensure a fluffy and airy pretzel.
Use coarse sea salt or pretzel salt for sprinkling.
Brush pretzels with melted butter after baking for enhanced flavor.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit

Copycat Auntie Anne 's pretzels

1h 10m

Serves 1

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Copycat Auntie Anne 's pretzels

facebook.com

1h 10m

Serves 1

Directions

1Add 4 to 4.5 cups of bread flour to a bowl.
2Add 2.25 teaspoons (or 1 packet) of fast-rising yeast to the flour.
3Add 2 tablespoons of light brown sugar to the mixture.
4Add 1.5 teaspoons of salt to the mixture.
5Whisk all dry ingredients together to ensure they are spread throughout the flour.
6Pour 1/4 cup of oil into the mixture.
7Pour 1.5 cups of warm water into the mixture.
8Start stirring the mixture in the bowl until it comes together.
9Turn the dough out onto a clean surface.
10Gather all the dough together and begin kneading it until all the dry flour is incorporated and the dough is somewhat smooth.
11Spray the bowl with oil.
12Place the kneaded dough into the oiled bowl.
13Cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
14Let the dough rise until it doubles in size, which should take approximately one hour.
15Once the dough has proofed, turn it out onto a clean surface.
16Preheat your oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
17Use a pizza cutter to cut a piece of dough off the main mass.
18Roll out the piece of dough into a long rope.
19Set the middle of the dough rope down, cross the ends, cross them again, and stick the ends down to form a pretzel shape.
20Get a shallow dish and pour some water in.
21Sprinkle about a quarter cup of baking soda into the water.
22Have a parchment-lined baking sheet ready.
23Dip both sides of each pretzel into the baking soda water.
24Place the dipped pretzels onto the parchment-lined baking tray.
25Brush all your pretzels with an egg wash.
26Sprinkle the pretzels with pretzel sea salt or coarse sea salt.
27Bake the pretzels in your 450-degree Fahrenheit oven for 10 minutes.
28Brush the baked pretzel with some melted butter.

Ingredients

4 cups bread flour
2.25 teaspoons yeast
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
1.5 teaspoons salt
0.25 cup oil
1.5 cup warm water
0.25 cup baking soda
1 egg
pretzel sea salt
melted butter

Equipment

bowlwhiskspatulapizza cutterparchment-lined baking sheetbaking trayshallow dishbasting brushplate

Tips

Do not add more liquid to the dough while kneading, even if it looks dry.
Do not punch down the dough after it has risen, to ensure a fluffy and airy pretzel.
Use coarse sea salt or pretzel salt for sprinkling.
Brush pretzels with melted butter after baking for enhanced flavor.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit