Hot-Buttered Soft Pretzels (Bretzels)

Name: Hot-Buttered Soft Pretzels (Bretzels)
Ingredients: For the dough: 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp salt 1 tsp sugar 2 ¼ tsp instant yeast 1 cup warm water (can still comfortably put your finger in it)*; For the water bath: 1.5 cups boiling water 2 tbsp baking soda; For topping: Pretzel salt (or coarse sea salt); Optional, for brushing: 3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted; This soft pretzel dough is sensitive to weather conditions. In the winter, you might need to use more water and in the Summer less water. The dough should remain moist, soft and easy to work with (not too sticky, but not too dry either).

"With Oktoberfest celebrations nearly upon us, behold these Alsatian classics: hot buttered soft pretzels! Or, should I say, Bretzels – as that’s how you’ll find them called in Alsace. These s…..."

INGREDIENTS

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For the dough: 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp salt 1 tsp sugar 2 ¼ tsp instant yeast 1 cup warm water (can still comfortably put your finger in it)*

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For the water bath: 1.5 cups boiling water 2 tbsp baking soda

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For topping: Pretzel salt (or coarse sea salt)

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Optional, for brushing: 3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted

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This soft pretzel dough is sensitive to weather conditions. In the winter, you might need to use more water and in the Summer less water. The dough should remain moist, soft and easy to work with (not too sticky, but not too dry either).

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