# Auntie Anne’s Pretzels

This recipe shows how to make Auntie Anne’s pretzels at home.

- Cuisine: German
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## 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
- pretzel sea salt
- egg wash
- melted butter

## Instructions

1. Combine flour, yeast, brown sugar, and salt in a bowl and mix thoroughly.
2. Add oil and warm water to the bowl.
3. Stir the dough in the bowl.
4. Turn the dough out onto a clean surface and knead in the remaining flour.
5. Spray the bowl with oil.
6. Put the dough in the bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let it rise until it doubles in size.
7. Turn the dough out onto a clean surface.
8. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
9. Cut pieces of dough with a pizza cutter.
10. Roll each piece into a long rope and form the pretzel shape.
11. Mix water and baking soda in a shallow dish.
12. Dip the pretzels in the water and baking soda mixture.
13. Place the pretzels on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
14. Brush with egg wash.
15. Sprinkle with pretzel salt.
16. Bake for 10 minutes.
17. Brush the baked pretzels with melted butter.

## Equipment

- bowl
- whisk
- spatula
- plastic wrap
- pizza cutter
- shallow dish
- parchment paper
- baking sheet
- brush

## Tips

- Don't add more liquid during the kneading process.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Don't punch the dough down before cutting it, for a fluffier pretzel.
- The pretzels can be brushed with melted butter after baking.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKbAyoPMHv8/?igsh=ajA3NDlnZGxxM2Jo
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a72d8a94-5891-44b6-8d0c-1e430fa4b17c
- Extracted: 2025-06-06

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