Pretzels
After seeing pretzel making as a part of the Great British Baking show, I thought, “I could do that”. And so we go.
Pretzels
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups water warm (about 110 F)
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 package active dry yeast
- 5 cups flour
- 4 tablespoons butter - melted
- 8 cups water
- 1/2 cup baking soda
- 1 egg
- coarse salt
Instructions
- Using the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the water, salt, sugar. Then sprinkle the yeast on the top and allow to sit for about 10 minutes.
- Add the flour and butter to the bowl and mix it all with the dough hook on the slowest speed to combine the ingredients
- Crank the mixer up to a medium speed and kneed the dough until it pulls away from the side of the bowl.
- Coat a large bowl with oil or non-stick spray and put the dough in it and roll it to coat it with oil. Then cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let it rise in a warm, draft-free area. Allow the dough to double in size (about an hour)
- Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Pre-heat the oven to 450 F.
- Using a large saucepan, heat the water to a boil. Then stir in the baking soda.
- While the water is heating up, turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into 8-12 pieces. Roll each piece into a rope about 2 feet long. Twist the ropes into a pretzel shape and put them onto parchment paper.
- Put the pretzels into the boiling one at a time for 30 seconds and transfer them to a parchment sheet covered cookie sheet.
- In a small bowl, whisk the egg yolk with a tablespoon of water and brush the top of each pretzel with the egg mixture. Then sprinkle coarse salt over them.
- Bake the Pretzels in a 450 F oven for 10-12 minutes, until golden brown
- Transfer to a cooling rack.
- Enjoy with mustard and beer!