Soft Pretzels

Name: Soft Pretzels
Total time: 70 min
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 4 cups flour; 2.25 teaspoons yeast; 2 tablespoons light brown sugar; 1.5 teaspoons salt; 0.25 cup oil; 1.5 cups warm water; 0.25 cup baking soda; 1 egg; 0.25 cup pretzel sea salt; 1 melted butter

1h 10m

Serves 1

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Soft Pretzels

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1h 10m

Serves 1

Directions

1In a glass bowl, mix 4 cups of bread flour, 2.25 teaspoons of yeast, 2 tablespoons of light brown sugar, and 1.5 teaspoons of salt.
2Whisk all ingredients together until evenly distributed.
3Add 0.25 cup of oil and 1.5 cups of warm water.
4Stir until a dough forms.
5Turn out the dough onto a clean surface and knead until the dry flour is fully incorporated. Do not add more liquid.
6Once kneaded, form the dough into a ball.
7Lightly grease a glass bowl with oil and place the dough inside. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled in size (about an hour).
8Once the dough has risen, turn it out onto a clean surface.
9Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
10Use a pizza cutter to cut pieces of dough and roll them out to make pretzel shapes.
11In a shallow dish, mix water and baking soda. Dip each pretzel into the mixture.
12Place the pretzels on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
13Brush the pretzels with an egg wash and sprinkle with pretzel sea salt.
14Bake for 10 minutes at 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
15After baking, brush the pretzels with melted butter.

Ingredients

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

Equipment

glass bowlmeasuring cupswhiskspatulaclean surfaceplastic wrappizza cuttershallow dishbaking sheetparchment paperpastry brush

Soft Pretzels

1h 10m

Serves 1

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Soft Pretzels

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1h 10m

Serves 1

Directions

1In a glass bowl, mix 4 cups of bread flour, 2.25 teaspoons of yeast, 2 tablespoons of light brown sugar, and 1.5 teaspoons of salt.
2Whisk all ingredients together until evenly distributed.
3Add 0.25 cup of oil and 1.5 cups of warm water.
4Stir until a dough forms.
5Turn out the dough onto a clean surface and knead until the dry flour is fully incorporated. Do not add more liquid.
6Once kneaded, form the dough into a ball.
7Lightly grease a glass bowl with oil and place the dough inside. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled in size (about an hour).
8Once the dough has risen, turn it out onto a clean surface.
9Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
10Use a pizza cutter to cut pieces of dough and roll them out to make pretzel shapes.
11In a shallow dish, mix water and baking soda. Dip each pretzel into the mixture.
12Place the pretzels on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
13Brush the pretzels with an egg wash and sprinkle with pretzel sea salt.
14Bake for 10 minutes at 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
15After baking, brush the pretzels with melted butter.