With my pregnancy, I was craving a warm, sweet sweet almond pretzel from Auntie Anne’s. Because I have such a great pretzel recipe, I wanted to use that and add topping! And it was delicious.
If you have a bread machine, it’s so simple and easy because bread machine makes the dough for you. If you don’t have one, you might have to knead the dough a little but it’s all worth it.
With this recipe, if you want a sweeter almond pretzel, add more sugar and butter to it. For me, it was the perfect amount of sweetness.
Sweet Almond Pretzel
Warm & sweet almond pretzel inspired by Auntie Anne's pretzels!
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
- 6 cups water For Water Bath
- 1/3 cup baking soda For Water Bath
- 1/4 cup sliced almond Topping
- 1 tbsp brown sugar Topping
- 1 tbsp Metled butter Topping
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 melted butter. Then, dip in topping almond and sugar mixture to cover the pretzel. Bake 400 degrees for 10 -12 minutes until golden brown.