Pretzel Dough

h jones's Note:

pretzel dough. we like to wrap the dough around hot dogs it is just like the ones you can buy at the mall

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 1 hrs
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

• 1 ½ cups warm water
• 1 1⁄8; teaspoons active dry yeast (1/2 pkg.)
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 1⁄8; teaspoons salt
• 1 cup bread flour
• 3 cups flour
• 2 cups warm water
• 2 tablespoons baking soda
• coarse salt
• 2 -4 tablespoons butter (melted)

Directions:

1. Sprinkle yeast on lukewarm water in mixing bowl; stir to dissolve.
2. Add sugar, salt and stir to dissolve; add flour and knead dough until smooth and elastic.
3. Let rise at least 1/2 hour.
4. While dough is rising, prepare a baking soda water bath with 2 cups warm water and 2 tbsp baking soda.
5. Be certain to stir often.
6. After dough has risen, pinch off bits of dough and roll into a long rope (about 1/2 inch or less thick) and shape.
7. Dip pretzel in soda solution and place on greased baking sheet.
8. Allow pretzels to rise again.
9. Bake in oven at 450 for about 10 minutes or until golden.
10. Brush with melted butter and enjoy!
11. Toppings: After you brush with butter try sprinkling with coarse salt.

Reviews

[Diet It Up]

I made these for a little Oscar Party this weekend and they were GLORIOUS! I loved them. I found the texture and taste to be just perfect. A nice crunch on the outside and a soft, doughy inside. It took about an hour for my dough to rise completely and another half hour once they were dunked in the baking soda solution. These were a huge hit. I'll definitely be making them again!

[Chef #1506604]

Once you salt and butter it, you can see the resemblance to mall pretzels. My complaints: the dough doesn't roll thin enough without breaking. It is missing something that I can't quite put my finger on. It's not as chewy; something about mall pretzels is that they almost taste as if they are quick fried which is hard taste to replicate at home. My praises: it comes out really soft and delicious. Once the pretzel sucks up the butter and salt, it is really delicious! They go great around hot dogs too, I just quick boil the hot dogs about half way and then let them cool before I wrap them in dough.

[CabinKat]

I don't know if it was the high elevation in the decision for giving this recipe just 3 stars or if it was just the recipe. First off, there was confusion in the yeast. A pkg. & a half is far more than 1-1/8 tsp. Maybe h jones meant ounces? I used the equivalence of 1 pkg. which would balance the 4 cups of flour. The dough was far too moist and gooey to work with. It fell apart trying to shape it. I do feel that the final product did taste nice, but was hoping for something a bit more airy and not so heavy. After making it I compared it to others on here and found there was too many that were similar. I don't believe I will be doing this again.