# Auntie Anne's Pretzels

This recipe guides you through making super easy soft pretzels at home, reminiscent of Auntie Anne's.

- Total time: 70 min
- Cuisine: German
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4.5 cups flour
- 2.25 teaspoons yeast
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 1.5 teaspoons salt
- 0.25 cup oil
- 1.5 cup warm water
- 0.25 cup baking soda
- 1 egg
- pretzel sea salt
- melted butter

## Instructions

1. Add 4 to 4.5 cups of bread flour to a large bowl.
2. Add 2 and 1/4 teaspoons (or one packet) of fast-rising yeast to the flour.
3. Add 2 tablespoons of light brown sugar.
4. Add 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of salt.
5. Whisk all dry ingredients together to ensure they are spread throughout the flour.
6. Add 1/4 cup of oil to the dry mixture.
7. Add 1 and 1/2 cups of warm water to the mixture.
8. Stir the ingredients in the bowl until it forms a shaggy dough.
9. Turn the dough out onto a clean surface.
10. Gather all the dough together and knead in all the dry flour.
11. Once the dough is kneaded, spray a clean bowl with oil.
12. Place the kneaded dough into the oiled bowl.
13. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rise until it doubles in size, which should take about an hour.
14. Once the dough has proofed, turn it out onto a clean surface (do not punch it down).
15. Preheat your oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
16. Take a pizza cutter and cut a side off of the dough.
17. Roll out the piece of dough into a long rope.
18. Form the pretzel shape by setting the middle down, crossing the ends, crossing them again, and sticking the ends down.
19. Get a shallow dish and pour some water in it.
20. Sprinkle in about 1/4 cup of baking soda into the water.
21. Have a parchment-lined baking sheet ready.
22. Dip both sides of each pretzel into the baking soda water.
23. Place the dipped pretzels onto the parchment-lined baking sheet.
24. Brush all your pretzels with an egg wash.
25. Sprinkle the pretzels with pretzel sea salt or coarse sea salt.
26. Place the pretzels into the 450-degree oven for 10 minutes.
27. Brush the baked pretzel with melted butter.
28. Taste the pretzel to enjoy your homemade Auntie Anne's pretzels.

## Equipment

- bowl
- whisk
- spatula
- pizza cutter
- parchment-lined baking sheet
- shallow dish
- basting brush

## Tips

- Do not add more liquid when kneading the dough.
- Do not punch down the dough after proofing to ensure a fluffy, airy pretzel.
- You can use coarse sea salt from the Dollar Tree instead of expensive pretzel sea salt.
- Brush with melted butter for enhanced flavor, just like Auntie Anne's.
- Make the pretzels however you want, it doesn't matter how they look as long as they taste good and they are easy for you to eat.
- You can eat this with a cheese dip or just plain, whatever you like.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8rH9L9c/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/e14763f8-86b5-4d12-99d0-2f73718c5a99
- Extracted: 2025-06-22

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