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 cups warm water; 0.25 cup baking soda; 1 egg; melted butter; pretzel sea salt

1h 10m

Serves 1

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Auntie Anne's Pretzels

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1h 10m

Serves 1

Directions

1Add bread flour to a large mixing bowl.
2Add fast rising yeast to the flour.
3Add light brown sugar to the flour mixture.
4Add salt to the flour mixture.
5Whisk all the dry ingredients together to ensure they are evenly spread throughout the flour.
6Pour oil into the flour mixture.
7Pour warm water into the flour mixture.
8Start stirring the ingredients in the bowl with a spatula until it forms a rough dough.
9Turn the dough out onto a clean surface.
10Gather all the dough together and start kneading it until all the dry flour is incorporated and the dough forms a smooth ball.
11Spray the bowl with oil to coat it.
12Place the kneaded dough into the oiled bowl, turning it once to coat.
13Cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
14Let the dough rise until it doubles in size, which should take about an hour.
15Once the dough has proofed, turn it out onto a clean surface without punching it down, to maintain a fluffy and airy texture.
16Use a pizza cutter to cut a side off the dough.
17Roll out the piece of dough into a long rope.
18Set the middle of the rope down, then cross the ends over each other, cross them again, and stick the little ends down to form the pretzel shape.
19Get a shallow dish and pour some water in.
20Sprinkle in about a quarter cup of baking soda into the water and mix.
21Prepare a parchment-lined baking sheet.
22Dip both sides of each pretzel into the baking soda water solution.
23Place the dipped pretzels onto the parchment-lined baking sheet.
24Brush all the pretzels with an egg wash.
25Sprinkle the pretzels with pretzel sea salt or coarse sea salt.
26Bake the pretzels in a 450-degree Fahrenheit oven for 10 minutes.
27Brush the baked pretzel with some melted butter.

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 cups warm water
0.25 cup baking soda
1 egg
melted butter
pretzel sea salt

Equipment

mixing bowlwhiskspatulapizza cutterparchment-lined baking sheetshallow dishbasting brush

Tips

Do not punch down the dough after it rises, to ensure a fluffy and airy pretzel.
For a buttery flavor, brush the baked pretzels with melted butter.

Auntie Anne's Pretzels

1h 10m

Serves 1

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Auntie Anne's Pretzels

facebook.com

1h 10m

Serves 1

Directions

1Add bread flour to a large mixing bowl.
2Add fast rising yeast to the flour.
3Add light brown sugar to the flour mixture.
4Add salt to the flour mixture.
5Whisk all the dry ingredients together to ensure they are evenly spread throughout the flour.
6Pour oil into the flour mixture.
7Pour warm water into the flour mixture.
8Start stirring the ingredients in the bowl with a spatula until it forms a rough dough.
9Turn the dough out onto a clean surface.
10Gather all the dough together and start kneading it until all the dry flour is incorporated and the dough forms a smooth ball.
11Spray the bowl with oil to coat it.
12Place the kneaded dough into the oiled bowl, turning it once to coat.
13Cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
14Let the dough rise until it doubles in size, which should take about an hour.
15Once the dough has proofed, turn it out onto a clean surface without punching it down, to maintain a fluffy and airy texture.
16Use a pizza cutter to cut a side off the dough.
17Roll out the piece of dough into a long rope.
18Set the middle of the rope down, then cross the ends over each other, cross them again, and stick the little ends down to form the pretzel shape.
19Get a shallow dish and pour some water in.
20Sprinkle in about a quarter cup of baking soda into the water and mix.
21Prepare a parchment-lined baking sheet.
22Dip both sides of each pretzel into the baking soda water solution.
23Place the dipped pretzels onto the parchment-lined baking sheet.
24Brush all the pretzels with an egg wash.
25Sprinkle the pretzels with pretzel sea salt or coarse sea salt.
26Bake the pretzels in a 450-degree Fahrenheit oven for 10 minutes.
27Brush the baked pretzel with some melted butter.