Soft Pretzels
- Reviews 11
Ready In: 2 hrs 18 mins
Yields: 12 medium pretzels
Ingredients
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 package dry active yeast
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄4 cups flour
- 4 cups water
- 2 tablespoons baking soda
- 2 tablespoons coarse salt
Directions
- Dissolve the yeast in the warm water and let stand for 10 minutes.
- Add the vegetable oil, salt and 1 1/2 cups flour.
- Stir togrther until thoroughly combined.
- Add remaining flour and knead dough for 5 minutes.
- Let the dough rest for 1 hour.
- Divide the dough into 12 equal shapes and reform them into small balls.
- Let them rest for 15 minutes.
- Roll them into 18" lengths and form them into pretzel shapes or cut each length in half to make sticks.
- Preheat oven to 475 degrees.
- In a large pot, place the baking soda and water to a boil.
- Let the pretzels rise for a 1/2 hour.
- Add the pretzels to the boiling water for 1 minute.
- Remove and place on a greased sheetpan.
- Sprinkle with coarse salt and bake for 12 minutes.
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