Almost-Famous Soft Pretzels

Name: Almost-Famous Soft Pretzels
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 package active dry yeast; 79 milliliters baking soda; 1 teaspoons cider vinegar; 2 Tbsps coarse salt; 59 milliliters dijon mustard; 532 milliliters all-purpose flour, plus more for kneading; 3 Tbsps packed light brown sugar; 59 milliliters mayonnaise; 237 milliliters milk; 1 teaspoon fine salt; 10 Tbsps unsalted butter, plus more for greasing

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Almost-Famous Soft Pretzels a try. One portion of this dish contains about 7g of protein, 28g of fat, and a total of 483 calories. This vegetarian recipe serves 6. Head to the store and pick up butter, dijon mustard, brown sugar, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour.

Instructions

Make the pretzels: Warm the milk in a saucepan until it's about 110 degrees; pour into a medium bowl and sprinkle in the yeast.

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Pretzels

Yeast

Milk

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Sauce Pan

Bowl

Let the yeast soften, about 2 minutes; stir in the brown sugar and 1 cup flour with a wooden spoon. Dice 2 tablespoons butter and soften; stir into the mix.

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Brown Sugar

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Yeast

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Wooden Spoon

Add the remaining 1 1/4 cups flour and the fine salt to make a sticky dough. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead, adding more flour if needed, until smooth but still slightly tacky, about 5 minutes. Shape into a ball, place in a lightly greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap.

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Fine Salt

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Let rise in a warm spot until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees and grease a large baking sheet. Punch the dough to deflate it, then turn out onto a lightly floured surface. (If the dough seems tight, cover and let rest until it relaxes.) Divide the dough into 6 pieces.

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Dough

Punch

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Roll and stretch each piece with the palms of your hands into a 30-inch rope, holding the ends and slapping the middle of the rope on the counter as you stretch. Form each rope into a pretzel shape.

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Pretzels

Roll

Dissolve the baking soda in 3 cups warm water in a shallow baking dish. Gently dip each pretzel in the soda solution, then arrange on the prepared baking sheet and sprinkle with the coarse salt.

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Baking Soda

Coarse Salt

Pretzels

Water

Dip

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Baking Sheet

Baking Pan

Bake until golden, 10 to 12 minutes.

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Oven

Combine the mayonnaise, mustard, brown sugar and vinegar in a bowl. Cover and refrigerate.

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Brown Sugar

Mayonnaise

Mustard

Vinegar

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Bowl

Melt the remaining 8 tablespoons butter in a shallow dish. Dip the hot pretzels in the butter, turning to coat; place on a wire rack to let excess butter drip off.

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Pretzels

Butter

Dip

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Wire Rack