Homemade Soft Pretzels

Name: Homemade Soft Pretzels
Prep time: 1 h 55 min
Cook time: 1 h 55 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 package active dry yeast; 80 grams baking soda; 1 large egg yolk beaten with 1 tablespoon water; 624 grams all-purpose flour, approximately 4 1/2 cups; 2 teaspoons kosher salt; 8 servings Pretzel salt; 1 Tbsp sugar; 57 grams unsalted butter, melted; 8 servings Vegetable oil, for pan; 355 milliliters warm (110 to 115 degrees F) water; 2 liters water

Homemade Soft Pretzels is a lacto ovo vegetarian recipe with 8 servings. One serving contains 474 calories, 9g of protein, and 21g of fat. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a side dish. If you have butter, water, warm water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 55 minutes.

Instructions

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Combine the water, sugar and kosher salt in the bowl of a stand mixer and sprinkle the yeast on top. Allow to sit for 5 minutes or until the mixture begins to foam.

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Kosher Salt

Sugar

Water

Yeast

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Add the flour and butter and, using the dough hook attachment, mix on low speed until well combined. Change to medium speed and knead until the dough is smooth and pulls away from the side of the bowl, approximately 4 to 5 minutes.

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Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Bowl

Remove the dough from the bowl, clean the bowl and then oil it well with vegetable oil. Return the dough to the bowl, cover with plastic wrap and sit in a warm place for approximately 50 to 55 minutes or until the dough has doubled in size.

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Cooking Oil

Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Line 2 half-sheet pans with parchment paper and lightly brush with the vegetable oil. Set aside.

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Vegetable Oil

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Baking Paper

Oven

Bring the 10 cups of water and the baking soda to a rolling boil in an 8-quart saucepan or roasting pan.

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Baking Soda

Water

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Roasting Pan

Sauce Pan

In the meantime, turn the dough out onto a slightly oiled work surface and divide into 8 equal pieces.

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Dough

Roll out each piece of dough into a 24-inch rope. Make a U-shape with the rope, holding the ends of the rope, cross them over each other and press onto the bottom of the U in order to form the shape of a pretzel.

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Pretzels

Dough

Roll

Place onto the parchment-lined half sheet pan.

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Frying Pan

Place the pretzels into the boiling water, 1 by 1, for 30 seconds.

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Pretzels

Water

Remove them from the water using a large flat spatula. Return to the half sheet pan, brush the top of each pretzel with the beaten egg yolk and water mixture and sprinkle with the pretzel salt.

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Egg Yolk