Soft Pretzel
- 250 g flour
- 3 g active dry yeast
- 3 g sugar
- 5 g salt
- 145 ml warm water
- 10 g butter (softened)
- 2 tablespoons baking soda
- 750 ml water (for boiling pretzels)
- 1 teaspoon rock salt
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Mix together flour, yeast, sugar, salt, and warm water until the dough starts to come together.
- It will by a little dry since the butter hasn't been added.
- Knead in the butter until you have nice smooth dough.
- Let rise in a warm place until the size about doubles.
- Punch dough the dough and separate into 2 to 3 equal balls.
- Roll out dough into long rolls so you can shape them into pretzels.
- Feel free to make any shape you wish, though, such as, rolls or crescents.
- While the dough rises a little longer, boil the 750 ml of water with baking soda.
- When it comes to a boil, drop in each pretzel for about 1 minute (30 seconds on each side).
- Pull out boiled pretzels and let the sit for a few minutes.
- Bake in oven for about 20 minutes, or until they brown.
- Sprinkle rock salt on top once finished!
- Serve with butter!
flour, active dry yeast, sugar, salt, water, butter, baking soda, water, rock salt
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/soft-pretzel-454019 (may not work)