Auntie Anne's Pretzels

Name: Auntie Anne's Pretzels
Total time: 70 min
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 4 cups Bread 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; 1 cup Water; 0.25 cup Baking soda; 1 egg Egg wash; coarse Pretzel sea salt; some Melted butter

1h 10m

Serves 1

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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 and a quarter teaspoons of fast-rising yeast directly into the flour.
3Add 2 tablespoons of light brown sugar.
4Add 1 and a half teaspoons of salt.
5Whisk all dry ingredients together to ensure they are evenly spread throughout the flour.
6Pour in 1/4 cup of oil.
7Add 1 and a half cups of warm water.
8Start stirring the mixture in the bowl with a spatula.
9Turn the dough out onto a clean surface once it starts to come together.
10Gather all the dough together and knead in all the dry flour.
11Spray the bowl with oil.
12Place the kneaded dough into the oiled bowl, making sure to coat it in oil.
13Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rise until it doubles in size, which should take about an hour.
14Turn the proved dough out onto a clean surface without punching it down, to maintain a fluffy and airy pretzel.
15Preheat your oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
16Use a pizza cutter to cut a piece off the dough.
17Roll out the piece of dough into a long rope.
18Shape the dough into a pretzel by setting the middle down, crossing the ends, crossing them again, and sticking the ends down.
19Prepare a shallow dish with water and sprinkle in about a quarter cup of baking soda.
20Have a parchment-lined baking sheet ready.
21Dip both sides of each pretzel into the baking soda water.
22Place the dipped pretzels onto the parchment-lined baking sheet.
23Brush all pretzels with an egg wash.
24Sprinkle the pretzels with pretzel sea salt or coarse sea salt.
25Bake the pretzels in your 450-degree oven for 10 minutes.
26Brush a pretzel with melted butter for added flavor.

Ingredients

4 cups Bread 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
1 cup Water
0.25 cup Baking soda
1 egg Egg wash
coarse Pretzel sea salt
some Melted butter

Equipment

BowlWhiskSpatulaPizza cutterShallow dishParchment-lined baking sheetBasting brushPlate

Tips

Do not add more liquid when kneading the dough.
Do not punch down the dough after it has risen for a fluffier, airier pretzel.

Auntie Anne's Pretzels

1h 10m

Serves 1

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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 and a quarter teaspoons of fast-rising yeast directly into the flour.
3Add 2 tablespoons of light brown sugar.
4Add 1 and a half teaspoons of salt.
5Whisk all dry ingredients together to ensure they are evenly spread throughout the flour.
6Pour in 1/4 cup of oil.
7Add 1 and a half cups of warm water.
8Start stirring the mixture in the bowl with a spatula.
9Turn the dough out onto a clean surface once it starts to come together.
10Gather all the dough together and knead in all the dry flour.
11Spray the bowl with oil.
12Place the kneaded dough into the oiled bowl, making sure to coat it in oil.
13Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rise until it doubles in size, which should take about an hour.
14Turn the proved dough out onto a clean surface without punching it down, to maintain a fluffy and airy pretzel.
15Preheat your oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
16Use a pizza cutter to cut a piece off the dough.
17Roll out the piece of dough into a long rope.
18Shape the dough into a pretzel by setting the middle down, crossing the ends, crossing them again, and sticking the ends down.
19Prepare a shallow dish with water and sprinkle in about a quarter cup of baking soda.
20Have a parchment-lined baking sheet ready.
21Dip both sides of each pretzel into the baking soda water.
22Place the dipped pretzels onto the parchment-lined baking sheet.
23Brush all pretzels with an egg wash.
24Sprinkle the pretzels with pretzel sea salt or coarse sea salt.
25Bake the pretzels in your 450-degree oven for 10 minutes.
26Brush a pretzel with melted butter for added flavor.