Ever since I started making pretzel with this recipe, my husband only eats these. He says it has the right amount of sweetness, chewiness, softness to it. Another amazing thing about this is that it freezes well. I just put them in a plastic ziplock bag and freeze them! If I make a huge batch, all my husband have to do is take it out of the freezer and pop it in the microwave. So delicious!
Soft Pretzel
Ingredients
- 1 cup water room temperature
- 1 tbsp. butter room temperature
- 2 tbsp. sugar
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 ¾ cups white flour
- 1 tbsp. dry yeast
- For Water Bath – 6 cups water, 1/3 cup baking soda.
- Egg wash -1 egg, whisked with 1-2 teaspoons water
Instructions
- DOUGH AND SHAPEPlace the ingredients into bread pan in the order listed. Insert pan into the bread machine and close the lid. Select DOUGH setting and press start. When cycle is complete, remove dough and transfer to lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into 6 portions. Roll each piece of dough into a thin rope and shape it into a pretzel*Shape dough rope into a large U, take the 2 ends in your fingers and cross one over the other about 3 inches from the ends. Bring twisted end toward you, fold down leaving ends over-hang a bit. Press dough down a bit where it intersects at the bottom.
- WATERBATHIn large wide pot bring 6 cups of water to simmer. Add baking soda and stir to dissolve the baking soda. Reduce heat to maintain a simmer. Place 1 to 2 pretzels into water bath and simmer for 30 seconds. Flip pretzels and simmer for another 30 seconds. With large slotted spoon remove pretzels and transfer to baking sheet
- BAKEPreheat oven to 400 degrees. After all pretzels have been dipped in the water bath, brush with egg wash. Bake 400 degrees for 10 -12 minutes until golden brown. *If you want to add salt, do this after brushing with egg wash.