Enjoy these soft homemade pretzels made with basic bread ingredients and sprinkled with coarse salt.
Soft Pretzels
- Prep Time 45 min
- Total 2 hr 0 min
- Ingredients 11
- Servings 12
Ingredients
- 3 to 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 pkg. active dry yeast
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon shortening
- 6 cups water
- 1/4 cup baking soda
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 egg white
- Coarse salt or sesame seed
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, combine 1 cup flour, sugar, salt and yeast; mix well. In small saucepan, heat 1 cup water and shortening until very warm (120 to 130°F.). Add warm liquid to flour mixture; blend at low speed until moistened. Beat 3 minutes at medium speed. Stir in an additional 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 cups flour until dough pulls cleanly away from sides of bowl.
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Step2On floured surface, knead in 1/2 to 3/4 cup flour until dough is smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Place dough in greased bowl; cover loosely with greased plastic wrap and cloth towel. Let rise in warm place (80 to 85°F.) until light and doubled in size, 45 to 60 minutes.
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Step3Grease cookie sheets. Punch down dough several times to remove all air bubbles. Shape dough into ball. Divide dough into 12 pieces. Roll each into 16-inch rope; form each rope into pretzel shape. Place on greased cookie sheets. Cover; let rise in warm place until light, 15 to 20 minutes.
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Step4Heat oven to 400°F. In large nonaluminum saucepan, combine 6 cups water and baking soda; mix well. Bring to a boil. Drop pretzels, one at a time, into water that is just boiling; cook 5 seconds on each side. Remove pretzels from water with slotted spoon; place on greased cookie sheet. In small bowl, combine 1 tablespoon water and egg white; beat well. Brush over pretzels. Sprinkle with coarse salt.
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Step5Bake at 400°F. for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets; cool on wire racks for 5 minutes. Serve warm.
Nutrition
140
Calories
1g
Total Fat
4g
Protein
29g
Total Carbohydrate
2g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Pretzel
- Calories
- 140
- Calories from Fat
- 10
- Total Fat
- 1g
- 2%
- Saturated Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 850mg
- 35%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 29g
- 10%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 2g
- Protein
- 4g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate;
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