Almost - Famous Soft Pretzels
By
Beth Hosek
@Bethcooks
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We love it. Make them, serve hot before the big game or during half time. On a side note: these are not as good the next day. Make them and enjoy them hot.
Rating:
★★★★★ 1 vote5
Prep:
1 Hr
Cook:
10 Min
Ingredients
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1 cmilk
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1 pkgactive dry yeast
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3 Tbspbrown sugar, lightly packed
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2 1/4 call purpose flour
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10 Tbspbutter
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1 tspsalt
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1/3 cbaking soda
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2 Tbspkosher salt
How to Make Almost - Famous Soft Pretzels
- Make the pretzels: Warm the milk in a saucepan until it's about 110 degrees; pour into a medium bowl.
- sprinkle in the yeast. Let the yeast soften, about 2 minutes
- stir in the brown sugar and 1 cup flour with a wooden spoon
- Dice 2 tablespoons butter and soften; stir into the mix.
- Add the remaining 1 1/4 cups flour and the fine salt to make a sticky dough. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead, adding more flour if needed, until smooth but still slightly tacky, about 5 minutes.
- Shape into a ball, place in a lightly greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm spot until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees and grease a large baking sheet. Punch the dough to deflate it, then turn out onto a lightly floured surface. (If the dough seems tight, cover and let rest until it relaxes.)
- Divide the dough into 6 pieces. Roll and stretch each piece with the palms of your hands into a 30-inch rope, holding the ends and slapping the middle of the rope on the counter as you stretch. Form each rope into a pretzel shape.
- Dissolve the baking soda in 3 cups warm water in a shallow baking dish. Gently dip each pretzel in the soda solution, then arrange on the prepared baking sheet and sprinkle with the coarse salt.
- Bake until golden, 10 to 12 minutes
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