Auntie Anne's Pretzels

Name: Auntie Anne's Pretzels
Total time: 70 min
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 4 cups flour; 2.25 teaspoons fast-rising yeast; 2 tablespoons light brown sugar; 1.5 teaspoons salt; 0.25 cup oil; 1.5 cup warm water; 0.25 cup baking soda; wash egg; pretzel sea salt

1h 10m

Serves 1

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Auntie Anne's Pretzels

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1h 10m

Serves 1

Directions

1Combine 4 to 4.5 cups of bread flour, 2.25 teaspoons of fast-rising yeast, 2 tablespoons of light brown sugar, and 1.5 teaspoons of salt in a large bowl.
2Whisk the dry ingredients together to ensure they are well combined.
3Add 1/4 cup of oil and 1.5 cups of warm water to the dry mixture.
4Stir the mixture in the bowl until it forms a shaggy dough.
5Turn the dough out onto a clean surface and knead it until all the dry flour is incorporated and the dough is mostly smooth.
6Lightly spray your bowl with oil.
7Place the kneaded dough into the oiled bowl.
8Cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
9Let the dough rise until it doubles in size, which should take approximately one hour.
10Once the dough has proofed, turn it out onto a clean surface.
11Preheat your oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
12Use a pizza cutter to cut a piece off the side of the dough.
13Roll out the dough into a long rope.
14Form the pretzel shape by setting the middle of the rope down, crossing the ends, crossing them again, and sticking the ends down.
15Pour some water into a shallow dish.
16Sprinkle in about 1/4 cup of baking soda into the water.
17Prepare a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
18Dip both sides of each pretzel into the baking soda water.
19Place the dipped pretzels onto the parchment-lined baking sheet.
20Brush all pretzels with an egg wash.
21Sprinkle the pretzels with pretzel sea salt (or coarse sea salt).
22Bake the pretzels in the preheated 450-degree Fahrenheit oven for 10 minutes.
23Optionally, brush the baked pretzels with melted butter for enhanced flavor.

Ingredients

4 cups flour
2.25 teaspoons fast-rising yeast
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
1.5 teaspoons salt
0.25 cup oil
1.5 cup warm water
0.25 cup baking soda
wash egg
pretzel sea salt

Equipment

large bowlwhiskpizza cuttershallow dishbaking sheetparchment paperpastry brush

Tips

Do not add more liquid during kneading.
Do not punch down the dough to achieve a more fluffy and airy pretzel.

Auntie Anne's Pretzels

1h 10m

Serves 1

tiktok.com

Auntie Anne's Pretzels

tiktok.com

1h 10m

Serves 1

Directions

1Combine 4 to 4.5 cups of bread flour, 2.25 teaspoons of fast-rising yeast, 2 tablespoons of light brown sugar, and 1.5 teaspoons of salt in a large bowl.
2Whisk the dry ingredients together to ensure they are well combined.
3Add 1/4 cup of oil and 1.5 cups of warm water to the dry mixture.
4Stir the mixture in the bowl until it forms a shaggy dough.
5Turn the dough out onto a clean surface and knead it until all the dry flour is incorporated and the dough is mostly smooth.
6Lightly spray your bowl with oil.
7Place the kneaded dough into the oiled bowl.
8Cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
9Let the dough rise until it doubles in size, which should take approximately one hour.
10Once the dough has proofed, turn it out onto a clean surface.
11Preheat your oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
12Use a pizza cutter to cut a piece off the side of the dough.
13Roll out the dough into a long rope.
14Form the pretzel shape by setting the middle of the rope down, crossing the ends, crossing them again, and sticking the ends down.
15Pour some water into a shallow dish.
16Sprinkle in about 1/4 cup of baking soda into the water.
17Prepare a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
18Dip both sides of each pretzel into the baking soda water.
19Place the dipped pretzels onto the parchment-lined baking sheet.
20Brush all pretzels with an egg wash.
21Sprinkle the pretzels with pretzel sea salt (or coarse sea salt).
22Bake the pretzels in the preheated 450-degree Fahrenheit oven for 10 minutes.
23Optionally, brush the baked pretzels with melted butter for enhanced flavor.