Soft Pretzels

Name: Soft Pretzels
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 4 cups flour; 2.25 teaspoons yeast; 2 tablespoons light brown sugar; 1.5 teaspoons salt; 0.25 cup oil; 1.5 cups warm water; 0.25 cup baking soda; 1 egg; 1 pretzel sea salt

1h 10m

Serves 6

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Soft Pretzels

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1h 10m

Serves 6

Directions

1In a bowl, mix 4 cups of bread flour, 2 and 1/4 teaspoons of yeast, 2 tablespoons of light brown sugar, and 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of salt. Whisk well to combine.
2Add 1/4 cup of oil and 1 and 1/2 cups of warm water to the bowl.
3Stir until it looks like the dough in the video.
4Turn the dough out onto a clean surface and knead until all the dry flour is incorporated. DO NOT add more liquid.
5Spray a bowl with oil, place the dough inside, cover with plastic wrap, and let it rise until doubled in size (about an hour).
6Preheat oven to 450°F.
7Turn the proofed dough out onto a clean surface. Do not punch it down.
8Use a pizza cutter to cut the dough into pieces and shape them into pretzels.
9In a shallow dish, mix water and 1/4 cup of baking soda until the water is cloudy. If needed, add more baking soda.
10Dip each pretzel into the baking soda mixture, then place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
11Brush the pretzels with an egg wash and sprinkle with pretzel sea salt.
12Bake for 10 minutes at 450°F.
13Brush the baked pretzels with melted butter.

Ingredients

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

Equipment

bowlmeasuring cupswhiskspatulaclean surfaceplastic wrappizza cuttershallow dishbaking sheetparchment paperpastry brush

Soft Pretzels

1h 10m

Serves 6

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Soft Pretzels

instagram.com

1h 10m

Serves 6

Directions

1In a bowl, mix 4 cups of bread flour, 2 and 1/4 teaspoons of yeast, 2 tablespoons of light brown sugar, and 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of salt. Whisk well to combine.
2Add 1/4 cup of oil and 1 and 1/2 cups of warm water to the bowl.
3Stir until it looks like the dough in the video.
4Turn the dough out onto a clean surface and knead until all the dry flour is incorporated. DO NOT add more liquid.
5Spray a bowl with oil, place the dough inside, cover with plastic wrap, and let it rise until doubled in size (about an hour).
6Preheat oven to 450°F.
7Turn the proofed dough out onto a clean surface. Do not punch it down.
8Use a pizza cutter to cut the dough into pieces and shape them into pretzels.
9In a shallow dish, mix water and 1/4 cup of baking soda until the water is cloudy. If needed, add more baking soda.
10Dip each pretzel into the baking soda mixture, then place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
11Brush the pretzels with an egg wash and sprinkle with pretzel sea salt.
12Bake for 10 minutes at 450°F.
13Brush the baked pretzels with melted butter.