Buttery Soft Pretzels
- Prep Time: 70 min
- Cook Time: 10 min
- Total Time: 80 min
- Category: Snacks
Ingredients
Scale
- 240 g of whole milk
- 7g Active Dry Yeast
- 48g light brown sugar
- 290 – 354g of all-purpose flour
- 5 tbsp of unsalted melted butter, divided
- 1/2 tsp Morton’s Kosher salt
- 43g baking soda
- 260g warm water
- Pretzel salt to top
Instructions
- In a saucepan, warm milk on medium heat to 110-115degrees. Stir frequently and watch closely!
- Remove from heat and stir in the yeast until it dissolves. Let that sit for 2 – 3 minutes.
- Pour milk and yeast mixture into a large mixing bowl
- Add in 3tbsp of brown sugar and about half of the flour
- Combine with a wooden spoon
- Add in 2.5 tbsp melted butter and combine
- Add in the rest of the flour and your salt and combine. You will be left with an extremely sticky dough, but do not be afraid… nothing a little knead won’t take care of
- Dump your dough onto a VERY well floured surface, keeping about 128G of flour off to the side
- Begin to knead your dough, starting with quick, decisive movements (a plastic dough scraper will help here) until your dough becomes a bit more workable
- Begin adding in flour as needed and move to a more traditional kneading pattern until your dough becomes smooth, but still remains a tad sticky. This usually takes about 5 minutes.
- Place your dough into a WELL greased bowl to rise until doubled in size. Depending on how warm your kitchen is, it should take about 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven with a pizza stone to 450degrees
- Get some stress out and give your dough a good, slow punch to deflate and turn onto a well floured work surface.
- Evenly divide your dough and shape into your favorite pretzel shape
- Create a baking soda bath in a shallow dish by adding warm water and baking soda, stirring to combine
- Quickly dip the pretzel into the baking soda bath and add to a piece of parchment paper. Repeat for all pretzel pieces.
- Using your remaining butter, brush the melted goodness onto your pretzels, top with salt and stick those cuties into the oven for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown
- Allow to cool slightly and enjoy by dipping into your favorite cheese or mustard sauce!
- Enjoy!
Find it online: https://bakingbycece.com/homemade-soft-pretzels/