# Auntie Anne's Pretzels

This recipe guides you through making super easy soft pretzels that taste like Auntie Anne's.

- Total time: 70 min
- Cuisine: German
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- large bowl
- whisk
- pizza cutter
- shallow dish
- baking sheet
- parchment paper
- pastry brush

## Tips

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

## Source

- Original video: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSSyAKNge/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/19314846-1be9-45fb-af74-4d5d4b73a351
- Extracted: 2025-08-02

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