Homemade Soft Pretzels
If you love a giant, delicious & chewy pretzel you will fall in love with these Homemade Soft Pretzels. Great for parties, tailgating snacks, BBQ’s & more.
Servings 8 pretzels
Ingredients
- 2¼ tsp dry active yeast or one packet
- 1 cup warm water 115 degrees is about perfect
- 1 tbsp butter- melted
- 1 tsp granulated sugar
- 1 tsp table salt
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2½ cups water
- 5 tbsp baking soda
- 2 tsp coarse salt for sprinkling on top
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 475 degrees.
- Line a large baking sheet with parchment & set aside.
- Combine the yeast, sugar & 1 cup warm water in a mixer bowl & let it sit until it becomes frothy.
- Once proofed, add in the melted butter & salt.
- Turn on the mixer, using the dough hook attachment, add in flour, one cup at a time & allow the hook to combine the ingredients until the dough comes together & is pulling all pieces away from the sides.
- You can continue to let the mixer knead the dough for an additional 5 minutes but I like to do this part by hand. Knead 5 minutes or until smooth stretchy.
- Place the dough back into the bowl to rest for 15 minutes.
- Prepare the water bath by combining the 2½ cups of water & baking soda in a medium saucepan & bringing to a boil over med/high heat.
- Once the baking soda is almost completely dissolved, remove & let cool.
- Take the dough out of the bowl & flatten slightly.
- Cut into 8 even pieces & roll each to 15-19 inch long rope - then form the pretzel shape.
- Place each in the water bath one by one making sure they are fully covered - allow each to soak about 2 minutes.
- Transfer the wet pretzel dough to the prepared baking sheet & immediately sprinkle them with salt.
- Continue with all pretzels & then bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden.
- *Note- you can brush with additional melted butter when you remove them from the oven, however I found this unnecessary for our taste.
- *Store in a paper sack- not an airtight container to keep them from getting moist before enjoying.