Directions
- 1Combine 4 to 4.5 cups of bread flour, 2.25 teaspoons or one packet of fast-rising yeast, 2 tablespoons of light brown sugar, and 1.5 teaspoons of salt in a bowl, ensuring all ingredients are spread throughout the flour.
- 2Add 0.25 cup of oil and 1.5 cups of warm water to the dry ingredients and begin stirring in the bowl.
- 3Once the mixture forms a shaggy dough, turn it out onto a clean surface and knead it, incorporating all the dry flour without adding more liquid.
- 4After kneading, even if the dough is not completely smooth, spray the bowl with oil, place the dough in it, cover with plastic wrap, and let it rise until it doubles in size (approximately one hour).
- 5Once the dough has proofed, turn it out onto a clean surface without punching it down to maintain a fluffy and airy texture.
- 6Preheat your oven to 450° Fahrenheit.
- 7Use a pizza cutter to cut a piece of dough from the larger mass.
- 8Roll out the cut dough into a long rope, then form it into a pretzel shape by setting the middle down, crossing the ends, crossing them again, and sticking the ends down.
- 9Prepare a shallow dish with water and sprinkle in 0.25 cup of baking soda.
- 10Have a parchment-lined baking sheet ready.
- 11Dip both sides of each pretzel into the baking soda water.
- 12Place the dipped pretzels on the parchment-lined baking sheet.
- 13Brush all the pretzels with an egg wash.
- 14Sprinkle the pretzels with pretzel sea salt or coarse sea salt.
- 15Bake the pretzels in the 450°F oven for 10 minutes.
- 16Optionally, brush the warm pretzels with melted butter before serving.
Ingredients
- 4 cups flour
- 4.5 cups flour
- 2.25 teaspoons yeast
- 1 packet yeast
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 1.5 teaspoons salt
- 0.25 cup oil
- 1.5 cup warm water
- 0.25 cup baking soda
- egg wash
- pretzel sea salt
- melted butter
Equipment
bowlplastic wrapovenpizza cuttershallow dishparchment-lined baking sheet
Tips
- Do not add more liquid when kneading the dough.
- Do not punch down the dough after proofing for a fluffier, airier pretzel.
- You can use coarse sea salt from a dollar store instead of expensive pretzel sea salt.
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