Pretzel Dough

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!

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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.

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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.

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My kids and I enjoyed making this recipe. It was very good, but I made my pretzels too big and fat, so they were more like bread. My kids made pretzel people which were perfect. Experiment with the size of the rope so you can find out how you like them best. I also followed CabinKat's advice an greased the cookie sheet with Crisco oil instead of a light coating of spray. Some stuck, but it was no problem. Enjoy!

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This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you for posting. This tasted exactly like the super pretzels you get at ball parks with the cup of cheese.

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I was looking for a dough to wrap around hot dogs, and I now know I found it. Made it as pretzels first to see how they would come out. The whole family devoured them, and said I needed to make another batch for snacks this evening. As good as if not better than the mall pretzels, and so much better than the frozen ones in the store, and much cheaper too. I made mine in the bread machine, and brushed the soda water generously, then salted. I did brush butter on when they were done. Another keeper I tell you if I keep finding all these keepers they will never let me out of the kitchen.lol.

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Updated: These made yummy, yummy pretzel cheese logs. Next time I'll make pizza logs by coating the cheese in tomato sauce; and next time I plan on freezing it beforehand so it doesn't leak out the ends like it did with this batch. I used 3/4 cup white flour and 3/4 cup whole wheat flour and salted with kosher salt-- I skipped the melted butter and just baked with the salt on.

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I used my bread machine, and skipped the soda water. I brushed the pretzels with egg white before baking, and they were devine. I ate 5 before they cooled off. Needless to say, I loved them! I always dip them in mustard, and it was fabulous.

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In rated this too hohgh the first time. I didn't notice this until later. No egg wash. To get the nice golden brown, it needs an eggwash on the outside 1 egg and 2 Tb water mix and baste on tops half way through baking.

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Yummy. With more experience in making these, they'll be just like the ones at the mall. :)

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These were OK...I'd defiantly recommend the dough be used to wrap around wieners or cheese and whatever else you come up with because the dough alone isn't very tasty (bland and not pretzely); maybe some tweaking could fix that though. Also, the wash that is supposed to help them brown and makes that shiny coat on regular pretzels....is not the one used in this recipe. Mine came out like dull dinner rolls. :(

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These are good. I made them in my bread machine on the dough cycle. I used 2C ap flour and 2 C bread flour. I brushed them with a soy butter because of allergies. These worked great as long skinny breadsticks, and also used them as hot dog buns. Thanks for sharing!

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Wow! I too wrapped hot dogs in this dough. I almost cried, it was like instant therapy reminding me of my childhood. Excellent!!

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This was so fun. I wrapped hotdogs with it and both my husband and I thought they were yummy. I used the other half of the dough to make the pretzels. I had a devil of a time rolling the dough out into a long thin rope, but I got it close enough.

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I don't usually give five star ratings, but this was so good I that I had to let you know that having this recipe is dangerous for anyone on a diet! Excellent recipe!

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GREAT! We wrapped it around some hot dogs the other night. The kids and I were in HEAVEN! We rarely do fun foods like this so it was great. Will be adding to my book and trying them as regular pretzels soon!

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Fun! And yummy! I made the dough in my ABM then made letters out of some of the dough, and wrapped some dough around chunks of cheese. I had two cookie sheets full, and baked at the same time. The sheet closest to the coils were beautifully browned, while the other sheet was tan. The cheese filled pretzels were INCREDIBLE! We'll be making these again and again!

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Oh, wow! I can't believe how easy this was to make!! I made little ropes and wrapped them around hot dogs just like you suggested, and they baked up so beautifully! Exactly like pretzel dogs at the mall. I will never buy another one again!! Thanks, h jones!!

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This was a family hit!I made it in my ABM, halved the recipe. I had to add a little more flour as the dough was getting mixed. I didn't have course salt so right after i took it out of the oven, i brushed with salted butter. I will definately make this again!! Thank you!

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