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Soft Pretzels (For Bread Machines)
"My family just calls them Aunt Kimmie's Pretzels! These are so good--no need to go to the mall just head for the kitchen!"
photo by Lydia
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 8mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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8 Large Pretzels
ingredients
- 1 (1/4 ounce) package dry active yeast
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3 cups flour
- 1 cup water
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 egg white, slightly beaten
- coarse salt
- butter
directions
- Place ingredients in bread machine pan in the order suggested by the manufacturer.
- Select White Bread setting, Manual and then press Start.
- After the machine has completed the second rising cycle, it will beep.
- Remove the dough onto a very lightly floured surface.
- Divide into 4 parts.
- Divide each fourth into 3 pieces.
- Roll each piece into an 18 inch rope.
- Shape rope into a circle, overlapping about 4 inches; from each end, leaving ends free.
- Take one end in each hand and twist at the point where dough overlaps.
- Carefully lift ends across to the opposite edge of circle.
- Tuck ends under edge to make a pretzel shape; moisten and press ends to seal.
- Place on greased cookie sheet.
- Let rise, uncovered, until puffy, about 20 minutes.
- In a 3-quart saucepan, combine 2 quarts of water and 1/3 cup baking soda; bring to a boil.
- Lower 1 or 2 pretzels into the saucepan; simmer for 10 seconds on each side.
- Lift from water with a slotted spoon.
- Return to greased cookie sheet.
- Let dry briefly.
- Brush with 1 egg white slightly beaten.
- Sprinkle with course salt or sesame seeds or leave plain.
- If you leave them plain, after they bake dip into melted butter then in cinnamon and sugar mixture.
- Bake at 425°F for 4 minutes; then turn cookie sheet around and bake 4 more minutes.
- These are so good.
Questions & Replies
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Can bread flour be used for pretzels?
Reviews
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These pretzels are wonderful and fairly easy to make. The hardest part for me was trying to form the pretzel into shape. I absolutely loved them and will be using the recipe frequently. -
Made these the first time on Saturday. Made another batch today to freeze. Very good. I only used the dough setting on my bread machine and i dipped each pretzel 3 times in the baking soda water mixture. I found they freeze very well also. Just pull them out of the freezer and microwave for 30 seconds and you have a hot soft pretzel. My kids loved them and so did my husband. -
I love this recipe. My husband and I wrap the dough around hot dogs cut into thirds before the rising process,then follow the recipe as normal. We take them to picnics and family get-togethers.<br/>Everyone loves the pretzel dogs.
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YUM!!! I had never made pretzels before, and these were easy to do! I made nuggets, instead of the traditional shape. I made 60 nuggets (split them into the 12 as directed, and then cut each of those into five). I baked them for five minutes, turned the pan and baked for five more. -
These are delicious and soooo easy (though I did have a little problem making the pretzel shape). I used 1.5 cups of whole wheat flour with 1.5 of all purpose flour, and threw in a little bit of wheat germ. The texture is fantastic. I will make a double recipe next time!
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Tweaks
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I used Robin Hood Bread Flour! Very soft and chewy! ??
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This recipe made great pretzels...after I had made some serious adjustments to the recipe. First, I had no idea what the "manual" setting was for my Breadman Plus machine... I ran it on dough cycle. But this didn't work because the dough was so stiff that my motor was burning up. After adding 1/4 cup more of water it worked a little better. Also, the twisting instructions were royally confusing..."cross ends, twist twice and connect to other side" is much simpler. I used olive oil instead of an egg wash, which was equally good. Like I said, great result, but necessitated major adjustments.
