Bavarian Pretzels (Bayerischer Brez'n)
Recipe: #34733
April 21, 2020
Categories: Breads, Dinner rolls or other breads, Snacks, Vegetarian, Flour Kosher Dairy, more
"This is my friends recipe, which she got from a YouTube Video by Kiki's Kitchen. My friend says this recipe makes pretzels like she buys in Bavaria."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (150.6 g)
- Calories 416.7
- Total Fat - 12.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.5 g
- Cholesterol - 54.8 mg
- Sodium - 512.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 67 g
- Dietary Fiber - 9.3 g
- Sugars - 8 g
- Protein - 14.1 g
- Calcium - 86 mg
- Iron - 3.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In the bowl of a kitchenaid stand mixer, whisk together the flour, salt and sugar.
Step 2
Make a hole in the middle of the flour mixture and pour the warm milk into the hole, sprinkle with yeast- cover with a towel and let the yeast proof until bubbly .
Step 3
Add the soft butter and mix it all with the dough hook -knead with the hook until the dough is soft.
Step 4
Place the dough in an oiled bowl , cover with a towel, and let the dough rise, until doubled.
Step 5
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Step 6
Next push down the dough and divide it into balls, each about 3.5 ounces.
Step 7
Roll the dough balls into ropes, and make each into a pretzel shape - let them rest on a baking sheet lined with parchment.
Step 8
Boil a big pot of water and add 4 tablespoons ( or 60 grams) of baking soda- be careful because it foams up.
Step 9
Drop each pretzel into the water and let it cook for 1 minutes then place it back on the parchment lined baking sheet.
Step 10
Cut a small slit in the fat part of the pretzel.
Step 11
Brush the beaten egg over the top - then sprinkle the coarse salt, lightly, if desired.
Step 12
Bake at 350F until golden.
Tips
No special items needed.