Soft Baked Pretzels
Recipe: #8490
March 05, 2013
Categories: Breads, Baby Shower, Brunch, Christmas, Fathers Day, Game/Sports Day, Labor Day, Mothers Day, Oven Bake, No Eggs, Dough, Yeast Rolls, Flour, more
"These are so very good and much like the one's you buy in the Mall. I bake mine for just under 8 minutes at 200 degrees, every oven bakes differently so baking time may vary"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (121.8 g)
- Calories 212.6
- Total Fat - 5.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.2 g
- Cholesterol - 0.6 mg
- Sodium - 37.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 35.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.4 g
- Sugars - 2.3 g
- Protein - 4.9 g
- Calcium - 11.3 mg
- Iron - 1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Sprinkle yeast on lukewarm water in mixing bowl; stir to dissolve. Add sugar, salt and stir to dissolve; add flour and knead dough until smooth and elastic.
Step 2
Let rise at least 1/2 hour.
Step 3
While dough is rising, prepare baking soda water bath with 2 cups warm water and 2 Tbsp baking soda (Be certain to stir often).
Step 4
After dough has risen, pinch off bits of dough and roll into a long rope (about 1/2 inch or less thick) then shape.
Step 5
Dip pretzel in soda solution and place on a well greased baking sheet.
Step 6
Allow pretzels to rise again.
Step 7
Bake in 450 degrees F oven for about 10 minutes or until golden.
Step 8
Brush with melted butter then immediately sprinkle coarse salt.
Step 9
Enjoy the pretzels warm.
Tips
No special items needed.