Friday, December 31, 2010

Soft Pretzels



Soft Pretzels
Recipe adjusted for us, but I found it on cloverlane.blogspot.com who got it from allrecipes.com who got it from someone else.
Yes, this recipe has been passed around a lot.

Ingredients:
1 pkg active dry yeast (or 2 1/2 tsp.)
2 TBS brown sugar
1 1/8 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups warm water
3 cups all purpose flour
1 cup bread flour
2 cups warm water (110 degrees)
2 TBS. baking soda
5 TBS melted butter
2 TBS coarse kosher salt
parchment paper

If you don't have parchment paper, you can spray your cookie sheet instead. Just remember to spray it between each batch. 

Directions:

In mixer, dissolve yeast, brown sugar and salt in a 1 1/2 cups warm water. Stir in flour, and knead dough (we used our mixer) for 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, and turn to coat the surface. Cover, and let rise for one hour.
Combine 2 cups warm water and baking soda in an 8" square pan.
After dough has risen, cut into 12 pieces. Roll each piece into a 3 foot rope, pencil thin or thinner. Twist into a pretzel shape and dip into the baking soda solution pan. Place on parchment covered cookie sheets, and let rise for 20 minutes.
Bake at 450 for 8 minutes or until golden brown. Brush with butter and sprinkle with coarse salt, garlic salt or cinnamon sugar.

OVEN ADJUSTMENTS: Our oven runs REALLY hot, so I had to adjust the recipe and cook the pretzels at about 390 degrees for 6 minutes to get them perfectly soft instead of hard rocks. Adjust the time and temp. for your own oven to get them just right!

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