Auntie Anne's pretzels

Name: Auntie Anne's pretzels
Total time: 70 min
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 4 cups flour; 4.5 cups flour; 2.25 teaspoons fast rising yeast; 1 packet fast rising yeast; 2 tablespoons light brown sugar; 1.5 teaspoons salt; 0.25 cup oil; 1.5 cup warm water; water; 0.25 cup baking soda; egg wash; pretzel sea salt; coarse sea salt; 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 1/2 cups of bread flour, 2 1/4 teaspoons or 1 packet of fast-rising yeast, 2 tablespoons of light brown sugar, and 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt to a bowl.
2Whisk the dry ingredients to ensure they are spread throughout the flour.
3Add 1/4 cup of oil and 1 1/2 cups of warm water to the mixture.
4Stir the ingredients in the bowl until they combine into a rough dough.
5Turn the dough out onto a clean surface.
6Gather all the dough together and start kneading it until all the dry flour is incorporated.
7Once you're tired of kneading the dough (even if it's not completely smooth yet), spray the bowl with oil and place the dough inside.
8Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rise until it doubles in size, which should take about an hour.
9Once the dough has proofed, turn it out onto a clean surface.
10Preheat your oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
11Take your pizza cutter and cut a piece of dough off the side.
12Roll the piece of dough into a long strand.
13To form the pretzel shape, set the middle of the dough strand down, cross the ends, and then cross them again, sticking the little ends down.
14Get a shallow dish and pour some water in, then sprinkle in about a quarter of a cup of baking soda.
15Dip both sides of the pretzel into the baking soda water.
16Place the dipped pretzel onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.
17Brush all your pretzels with an egg wash.
18Sprinkle the pretzels with pretzel sea salt or coarse sea salt.
19Place the baking sheet into your 450-degree oven for 10 minutes.
20Remove the pretzels from the oven when they are golden brown.
21Optionally, brush the finished pretzel with some melted butter for added flavor.

Ingredients

4 cups flour
4.5 cups flour
2.25 teaspoons fast rising yeast
1 packet fast rising yeast
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
1.5 teaspoons salt
0.25 cup oil
1.5 cup warm water
water
0.25 cup baking soda
egg wash
pretzel sea salt
coarse sea salt
melted butter

Equipment

bowlwhiskspatulapizza cutterparchment-lined baking sheetshallow dishbasting brushplate

Tips

Do not add more liquid when kneading the dough.
Do not punch down the dough after it has risen if you want a more fluffy, airy pretzel.
You can use coarse sea salt from the dollar store instead of pretzel sea salt.
You can brush the pretzels with melted butter after baking them to make them taste more like Auntie Anne's pretzels

Auntie Anne's pretzels

1h 10m

Serves 1

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Auntie Anne's pretzels

facebook.com

1h 10m

Serves 1

Directions

1Add 4 to 4 1/2 cups of bread flour, 2 1/4 teaspoons or 1 packet of fast-rising yeast, 2 tablespoons of light brown sugar, and 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt to a bowl.
2Whisk the dry ingredients to ensure they are spread throughout the flour.
3Add 1/4 cup of oil and 1 1/2 cups of warm water to the mixture.
4Stir the ingredients in the bowl until they combine into a rough dough.
5Turn the dough out onto a clean surface.
6Gather all the dough together and start kneading it until all the dry flour is incorporated.
7Once you're tired of kneading the dough (even if it's not completely smooth yet), spray the bowl with oil and place the dough inside.
8Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rise until it doubles in size, which should take about an hour.
9Once the dough has proofed, turn it out onto a clean surface.
10Preheat your oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
11Take your pizza cutter and cut a piece of dough off the side.
12Roll the piece of dough into a long strand.
13To form the pretzel shape, set the middle of the dough strand down, cross the ends, and then cross them again, sticking the little ends down.
14Get a shallow dish and pour some water in, then sprinkle in about a quarter of a cup of baking soda.
15Dip both sides of the pretzel into the baking soda water.
16Place the dipped pretzel onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.
17Brush all your pretzels with an egg wash.
18Sprinkle the pretzels with pretzel sea salt or coarse sea salt.
19Place the baking sheet into your 450-degree oven for 10 minutes.
20Remove the pretzels from the oven when they are golden brown.
21Optionally, brush the finished pretzel with some melted butter for added flavor.

Ingredients

4 cups flour
4.5 cups flour
2.25 teaspoons fast rising yeast
1 packet fast rising yeast
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
1.5 teaspoons salt
0.25 cup oil
1.5 cup warm water
water
0.25 cup baking soda
egg wash
pretzel sea salt
coarse sea salt
melted butter

Equipment

bowlwhiskspatulapizza cutterparchment-lined baking sheetshallow dishbasting brushplate

Tips

Do not add more liquid when kneading the dough.
Do not punch down the dough after it has risen if you want a more fluffy, airy pretzel.
You can use coarse sea salt from the dollar store instead of pretzel sea salt.
You can brush the pretzels with melted butter after baking them to make them taste more like Auntie Anne's pretzels