Soft Pretzels
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.
- 3Start stirring the mixture in the bowl.
- 4Once the mixture looks somewhat combined, turn it out onto a clean surface.
- 5Gather all the dough and begin kneading the dry flour into it, without adding more liquid.
- 6After kneading, spray the bowl with oil, place the dough in it, and cover with plastic wrap.
- 7Let the dough rise until it doubles in size, which should take about an hour.
- 8Once the dough has proofed, turn it out onto a clean surface without punching it down for a fluffier pretzel.
- 9Preheat your oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
- 10Use a pizza cutter to cut a side off the dough, then roll it out into a long rope.
- 11Form the pretzel shape by setting the middle of the rope down, crossing the ends, crossing them again, and sticking the ends down.
- 12Pour some water into a shallow dish and sprinkle in 0.25 cup of baking soda.
- 13Dip both sides of each pretzel into the baking soda solution.
- 14Place the dipped pretzels on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- 15Brush all the pretzels with an egg wash.
- 16Sprinkle the pretzels with coarse sea salt.
- 17Bake the pretzels in the 450-degree oven for 10 minutes.
- 18Optionally, brush the warm pretzels with melted butter before serving.
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
- 0.25 cup baking soda
- egg wash
- sea salt
- melted butter
Equipment
bowlplastic wrappizza cuttershallow dishparchment lined baking sheetoven
Tips
- Do not add more liquid when kneading the dough.
- Do not punch down the dough after it has proofed if you want a more fluffy, airy pretzel.
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