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Do you love the warm, buttery soft pretzels you can buy at the mall? These homemade soft pretzels are even better!
Everyone from sports fans to mall shoppers love soft pretzels. And what isn’t to love about the warm, salty, buttery snack. Now you can make them at home for a big game or just a family snack. And once you make them, you will be looking for excuses to make them again.
Ingredients Needed
- Flour, all purpose or bread flour
- Instant Dry Yeast
- Sugar
- Salt, table salt and kosher salt
- Baking Soda
- Butter
- Warm Water
How to Make Soft Pretzels
- Combine flour, salt, sugar and yeast in your mixer.
- Add 1 C warm water.
- Mix with your bread hook until a soft, smooth dough forms.
- Knead for about 5-6 minutes.
- Cover dough with a clean cloth and allow to rise for 30-60 minutes.
- Place dough on floured counter and divide into 8-16 pieces depending on what size pretzels you want. For pretzels the size of the “mall pretzels” make 8 pieces.
- Roll each piece into a long rope, about 15-20 inches long. Form into a pretzel shape.
- Combine 1/2 C warm water and 2 Tbsp baking soda in a shallow bowl. Stir to dissolve soda.
- Dip pretzel, front and back, into water mixture.
- Place on baking sheet covered with parchment or silicone baking mat.
- Sprinkle with kosher salt.
- Allow to sit for 10-15 minutes.
- Bake at 425 degrees F. for 7-9 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from oven and brush with melted butter. Don’t skimp here!
Finally, remove from the cookie sheet and enjoy! These are best eaten warm. They can be reheated in the microwave.
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Soft Pretzel Recipe
Delicious homemade soft pretzels, just like the soft buttery pretzels you love at the mall.
Prep:30 minutes
Cook:20 minutes
let rise:1 hour
Total:50 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 C bread flour or all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp sugar
- 2 1/4 tsp instant dry yeast
- 1 C warm water
- 1/2 C warm water
- 2 Tbsp baking soda
- kosher salt
- 4 Tbsp butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- In your mixer combine flour, salt, sugar and yeast.
- Stir to combine and then add 1 C warm water.
- Using bread hook, mix the dough until a soft, smooth dough forms. Knead for about 5-6 minutes.
- Cover dough with a clean cloth and allow to rise for 30-60 minutes. (I was short on time and only did it for 30 minutes)
- Place dough on floured counter and divide into 8-16 pieces depending on what size pretzels you want.
- For pretzels the size of the “mall pretzels” make 8 pieces.
- Roll each piece into a long rope, about 15-20 inches long. Form into a pretzel shape.
- Combine 1/2 C warm water and 2 Tbsp baking soda. Stir to dissolve soda.
- Dip pretzel front and back into water mixture.
- Place on baking sheet covered with parchment or silicone baking mat.
- Sprinkle with kosher salt.
- Allow to sit for 10-15 minutes.
- Bake at 425 degrees for 7-9 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from oven and brush with melted butter. Don’t skimp here!
- Enjoy warm! Can be reheated in microwave
Tips & Notes:
If you prefer to use dry active yeast, Use 1/4 cup of the 1 cup water and add yeast to it. Allow to sit for 5-10 minutes until the yeast activates. Add that into the flour mixture with the remaining water.
These soft pretzels are the perfect way to enjoy my cheese sauce.
Nutrition Facts:
Calories: 199kcal (10%) Carbohydrates: 29g (10%) Protein: 5g (10%) Fat: 6g (9%) Saturated Fat: 3g (19%) Cholesterol: 15mg (5%) Sodium: 1020mg (44%) Potassium: 49mg (1%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 1g (1%) Vitamin A: 175IU (4%) Calcium: 8mg (1%) Iron: 0.4mg (2%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Joan Bay says
The recipe says preheat to 425 degrees, but then says to cook at 500 degrees. I am confused!!
Leigh Anne Wilkes says
Sorry about that – should be 425 degrees F
Julie Spady says
I will have to try these…they sound so good! My dad also only watched and played golf. And “the big game”. But I married a non sports man and had two daughters!