# Soft Pretzels

A recipe for making soft pretzels from scratch.

- Total time: 75 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1.5 cups warm water
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 packet active dry yeast
- 4.5 cups flour
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 0.66 cup baking soda
- 1 egg egg
- 1 little bit flaky salt
- 1 little Dijon mustard

## Instructions

1. Add warm water, salt, and sugar.
2. Add one packet of active dry yeast and let this rest for five minutes.
3. Add flour and oil.
4. Cover and leave this in a warm place for one hour.
5. Roll out the dough.
6. Shape the pretzel by going over, over again, and laying it on top and pushing.
7. Add baking soda for a baking soda bath.
8. Prepare an egg wash with one egg.
9. Paint the pretzels all over with egg wash.
10. Hit them with a little bit of flaky salt.
11. Bake in the oven at 450 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes.

## Equipment

- oven

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/eQxWcOyZOxc?si=9QYXiQYhM2AeLmiS
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b9f70ffd-0a4f-49f6-9026-08447b4cf7c8
- Extracted: 2026-06-26

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