Soft Pretzels
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
18 pretzels
ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg yolk
- 1⁄8 teaspoon white pepper
- 3 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon instant yeast
- glaze
- 1 egg white
- 1 tablespoon water
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt or 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
directions
- Mix water and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Sprinkle with yeast.
- Mix egg and melted butter
- Mix flour, pepper, butter and salt. Pour 1.5 cups flour into water and mix to create a thick paste. Mix for 8 minutes by doing a paddling type stroke to lift the dough slightly work the gluten. Once done, add all but 1/4 cup flour and mix. Flour surface with remaining flour and knead for two or three minutes. Let rise for 1/2 hour. Cut into a dozen and a half pieces and shape each into a pretzel or pretzel stick.
- Mix egg white and water. Brush over pretzels. Sprinkle with salt or sesame seeds.
- Bake at 375'F for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden.
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