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Homemade Soft Pretzels

December 12, 2011
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Soft Pretzel Recipe - Baked until fluffy!

These Homemade Soft Pretzels are fluffy and buttery, baked up just like the ones you get at the mall, but homemade with from-scratch ingredients! The dough is very easy to make.

Homemade Soft Pretzels are fluffy and buttery, baked fresh in your oven!

Have you ever waited in one of those really long lines at the mall for a soft pretzel?

You know…the ones for Auntie Anne’s, or Wetzel’s Pretzels? You just can’t help it, right? You can smell that darned cinnamon sugar and butter wafting over from like 100 feet away.

Homemade Soft Pretzels are so easy to make yourself and are much better than the ones you get from the mall.
Well try these at home, and you’ll never buy those mall pretzels ever again.

There’s just no reason to anymore, because these homemade soft pretzels taste better and only cost a buck or two to make a whole tray.

Homemade Soft Pretzels are easy to make and taste incredible baked fresh in your oven!

Start by making a simple yeasted dough, and shape it into a ball.

Soft Pretzel Dough

Let the yeast work its magic and create these gorgeous bubbles.

Sometimes I just stare at the dough because it’s sooooo prettyyyyyy…

Soft Pretzel Dough Recipe

Divide up the dough into pieces, and roll each into a long rope.

How to Shape Soft Pretzel

Shape into pretzels by looping the rope through.

How to Shape a Soft Pretzel

Sprinkle each pretzel with coarse sea salt and send them into the oven.

Shaped Soft Pretzels

Bake until golden and puffed, then brush with butter.

Homemade Soft Pretzels are easy to make and so fluffy!
Enjoy while they are hot!

UPDATE: I have posted a 100% Whole Wheat Version of these pretzels (cinnamon sugar ones!):

Whole Wheat Soft Pretzels

Homemade Soft Pretzels

Yield: 8 pretzels

Prep Time:20 minutes

Cook Time:10 minutes

Total Time:60 minutes

These Homemade Soft Pretzels are fluffy and buttery, baked up just like the ones you get at the mall, but it’s homemade with from-scratch ingredients! The dough is very easy to make.

Ingredients:

For the Dough:

  • 2.25 tsp instant quick rise yeast
  • 1 cup warm water (110 degrees F)
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 12.5 oz all purpose flour (2.5 cups)
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt

For the Topping:

  • 1/2 cup warm water
  • 1 tbsp baking soda
  • vegetable oil for greasing the sheet pan
  • coarse sea salt, for sprinkling
  • 3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted

Directions:

  1. Combine the yeast, warm water, and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer, and let sit for 10 minutes until foamy. This indicates the yeast is alive and working. Add the flour and salt. Mix with the dough hook by hand for a few seconds to roughly combine, then fit the hook and bowl on the mixer and knead on medium low for 5 minutes. The dough should feel soft and smooth, not sticky to the touch.
  2. Cover the dough and let rise for 30 minutes.
  3. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F, and lightly grease a baking sheet with vegetable oil. You could use parchment paper or a silicone mat.
  4. Place the dough onto a lightly oiled countertop. Divide the dough into 8 pieces (just cut it with a knife).
  5. Whisk to combine the warm water and baking soda and cook in the microwave for 1 minute. FYI it’s not going to dissolve completely, and that’s okay.
  6. Roll each of the eight pieces into a long rope, and shape each one into a pretzel (see the step-by-step photos on the blog post to see how to do this). Dip each pretzel into the soda wash and place onto the greased baking sheet. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt, then let them rest for 10 minutes.
  7. Bake for 9 to 10 minutes until the pretzels are golden brown. Brush the pretzels with the melted butter while they are hot out of the oven. Enjoy while they are hot, and keep in mind these don’t taste as amazing the next day. Enjoy!

Nutrition Information

Yield: 8 pretzels, Serving Size: 1 pretzel

  • Amount Per Serving:
  • Calories: 199
  • Total Fat: 4.4g
  • Saturated Fat: 3g
  • Cholesterol: 12mg
  • Sodium: 596mg
  • Carbohydrates: 33.8g
  • Fiber: 1g
  • Sugar: 2g
  • Protein: 4.7g

Recipe adapted from Glenda’s Hot Buttered Pretzels who adapted from King Arthur Flour.

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