# Soft Pretzels

This recipe will guide you through making soft pretzels that taste just like Auntie Anne's pretzels.

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

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- glass bowl
- measuring cups
- whisk
- spatula
- clean surface
- plastic wrap
- pizza cutter
- shallow dish
- baking sheet
- parchment paper
- pastry brush

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1EKg8x17QQ/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/ef553f0a-eb8c-4dbc-b4e2-bdb720d876e3
- Extracted: 2025-03-02

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