Any easy ways to make soft pretzels at home?!
Any easy ways to make soft pretzels at home?
Answers:
Real Homemade Soft Pretzels:
2? hours 2 hours prep
16 pretzels
1 tablespoon yeast
1 tablespoon sugar
2 cups warm water
1 cup flour
4 cups flour, mixed with
1 tablespoon salt, more flour if needed
1 egg
1 tablespoon water
coarse salt
1. In large bowl, stir yeast, sugar and warm water.
2. Let rest til yeast is dissolved and is a little foamy.
3. Stir in 1 cup flour. Then rest of flour mixed with the 1 Tbl salt.
4. Knead on lightly floured surface til smooth.
5. Place in oiled bowl, rolling around til all oiled. Cover and let rise till doubled in size.
6. Remove and knead again just a little bit, gently.
7. Cut into 16 pcs., roll each pc.into 14" ropes, shape into pretzels and place on greased cookie sheet.
8. Cover and let rise 15 minutes.
9. Drop each, one or 2 at a time into a small pot of boiling water, boiling each 1 minute, and replace back onto greased cookie sheet.
10. Brush each with eggwash (1 egg beaten with 1 Tbl. water), sprinkle with coarse salt. Bake in preheated 450o oven for 12-15 minutes! This is the best recipe to make real soft pretzels!
Source(s):
http://www.recipezaar.com/
The best way that I have found is to buy them at your local grocery store in the frozen foods area. Just follow directions for fixing them either in the oven or microwave.
INGREDIENTS
1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 1/8 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup bread flour
2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
2 tablespoons baking soda
2 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons coarse kosher salt
DIRECTIONS
In a large mixing bowl, dissolve the yeast, brown sugar and salt in 1 1/2 cups warm water. Stir in flour, and knead dough on a floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, and turn to coat the surface. Cover, and let rise for one hour.
Combine 2 cups warm water and baking soda in an 8 inch square pan.
After dough has risen, cut into 12 pieces. Roll each piece into a 3 foot rope, pencil thin or thinner. Twist into a pretzel shape, and dip into the baking soda solution. Place on parchment covered cookie sheets, and let rise 15 to 20 minutes.
Bake at 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) for 8 to 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Brush with melted butter, and sprinkle with coarse salt, garlic salt or cinnamon sugar.
Editor's Note
When forming the ropes, roll each one to about half the length you want, then set it aside while you roll the rest. By the time you get back to the first rope, it will have rested enough to roll further.
NUTRITION INFORMATION
Servings Per Recipe: 12
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 182
Total Fat: 2.4g
Cholesterol: 5mg
Sodium: 1770mg
Total Carbs: 34.6g
Dietary Fiber: 1.2g
Protein: 4.8g
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The recipie is all god but they left out 2 things, #1 get coarse sea salt fo rthe top, (try a cpl of pretzeys with salt and just a few caraway seeds. Roll out the pretzel and pinch it to stay. Boil a large pot of water on the stave when it reaches heat turn it down. Plase the pretsels in the water 1 at a time for a few seconds then place them on the pan ans LIGHTLY top with salt.
THis will help make the pretzel skin (like bagels)