Soft Pretzels

Name: Soft Pretzels
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 envelope active dry yeast; 118 milliliters baking soda; 946 milliliters all-purpose flour; 79 milliliters light brown sugar; 20 servings Mustard, for serving; 20 servings Kosher salt or pretzel salt; 315 milliliters warm water; 2 liters cold water

Soft Pretzels is a vegan hor d'oeuvre. One portion of this dish contains about 3g of protein, 0g of fat, and a total of 109 calories. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 20. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 40 minutes. Head to the store and pick up brown sugar, pretzel salt, flour, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with a dough hook, mix 2 tablespoons of the warm water with the yeast and let stand until foamy.

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Dough

Water

Yeast

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add the remaining 1 1/3 cups of warm water along with the sugar and swirl to dissolve the sugar.

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Sugar

Water

Add the flour and mix at medium-low speed until a firm, pliable dough forms.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead for 2 minutes.

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Dough

Roll the dough into a 2-foot-long sausage.

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Sausage

Dough

Roll

Cut the dough into 20 pieces. Cover with plastic and a damp cloth and let rest for 10 minutes.

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Dough

Roll each piece of dough into a 12-inch-long rope. To form pretzels, shape each rope into a U; cross the two sides of the U over each other, twist and press the ends down on the pretzel. Arrange the pretzels on a lightly floured surface about 1-inch apart and cover with lightly oiled plastic wrap.

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Pretzels

Dough

Roll

Wrap

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Let the pretzels rest for 30 minutes.

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Pretzels

Preheat the oven to 42

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Oven

In a large stockpot, bring the cold water to a boil.

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Water

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Pot

Add the baking soda. Carefully slide 5 of the pretzels into the boiling water and boil for 30 seconds, turning once. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the pretzels to a rack to drain right-side up; sprinkle lightly with salt. Repeat with the remaining pretzels, in 3 batches.

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Baking Soda

Pretzels

Water

Salt

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Slotted Spoon

Lightly oil 2 baking sheets. Arrange the pretzels on the baking sheets and bake on the upper and middle racks of the oven for about 10 minutes, or until browned all over; shift the pans from top to bottom and back to front halfway through if necessary, for even baking.

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