Home Made Soft Pretzels Review
Hey Y'all!!
So, I didn't finish the book I was planning on reading this weekend, so I thought I would give you a recipe and a review of how it turned out instead! Hopefully this is an okay substitute!!
So yesterday (Sunday) I decided to try to make some soft pretzels from scratch because it's fall and pretzels are a pretty fall food! This was my first time making soft pretzels on my own, so that being said, it turned out a lot better than I had actually expected! I'll post the recipe and some pictures below!
Ingredients:
4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 teaspoon white sugar
1 1/4 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
5 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 cup baking soda
4 cups hot water
Kosher Salt for Toppings
Method:
Prep
2 h
Cook
10 m
Ready In
2 h 20 m
In a small bowl, dissolve yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar in 1 1/4 cup warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
In a large bowl, mix together flour, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt.
Make a well in the center; add the oil and yeast mixture. Mix and form into a dough.
If the mixture is dry, add one or two more tablespoons of water.
Knead the dough until smooth, about 7 to 8 minutes. Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl, and turn to coat with oil.
Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.
In a large bowl, dissolve baking soda in 4 cups hot water; set aside.
When risen, turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide into 12 equal pieces.
Roll each piece into a rope and twist into a pretzel shape.
Once all of the dough is shaped, dip each pretzel into the baking soda-hot water solution and place pretzels on baking sheets. Sprinkle with kosher salt.
Bake in preheated oven until browned, about 8 minutes.
Here are some of the pictures I took of the pretzels!
Review:
So for this recipe, I would definitely recommend using less flour! There was way too much and I had to add bout another 1/2 cup of water to make it into a dough. I think I could have gotten away with only making it with three cups of flour. Also, make sure you use the right kind of yeast! I used a different one, and while it did work, I think it would have been better with the active dry instead of the instant that I used. But these are lessons learned!!
All in all, it turned out pretty well. The dough tasted like pretzels and it had a good crunch. The only thing it didn't have was the lovely shine that the ones you buy from a pretzel place normally has. I may try to add an egg wash layer on it to give it that extra shine, but we will see! I will definitely be making these again because they were so good! My roommates really liked them too!
I also want to try to make a kind of sauce to have with them because I didn't make on this time, so they were kinda dry.
I hope this was a fun post! I may make other recipe posts from time to time if I don't have book posts to make!
XO
Dana
So, I didn't finish the book I was planning on reading this weekend, so I thought I would give you a recipe and a review of how it turned out instead! Hopefully this is an okay substitute!!
So yesterday (Sunday) I decided to try to make some soft pretzels from scratch because it's fall and pretzels are a pretty fall food! This was my first time making soft pretzels on my own, so that being said, it turned out a lot better than I had actually expected! I'll post the recipe and some pictures below!
Ingredients:
4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 teaspoon white sugar
1 1/4 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
5 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 cup baking soda
4 cups hot water
Kosher Salt for Toppings
Method:
Prep
2 h
Cook
10 m
Ready In
2 h 20 m
In a small bowl, dissolve yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar in 1 1/4 cup warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
In a large bowl, mix together flour, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt.
Make a well in the center; add the oil and yeast mixture. Mix and form into a dough.
If the mixture is dry, add one or two more tablespoons of water.
Knead the dough until smooth, about 7 to 8 minutes. Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl, and turn to coat with oil.
Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.
In a large bowl, dissolve baking soda in 4 cups hot water; set aside.
When risen, turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide into 12 equal pieces.
Roll each piece into a rope and twist into a pretzel shape.
Once all of the dough is shaped, dip each pretzel into the baking soda-hot water solution and place pretzels on baking sheets. Sprinkle with kosher salt.
Bake in preheated oven until browned, about 8 minutes.
Here are some of the pictures I took of the pretzels!
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| Here's the whole plate! |
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| One of the prettier of the pretzels! |
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| A grouping of the goodness! |
Review:
So for this recipe, I would definitely recommend using less flour! There was way too much and I had to add bout another 1/2 cup of water to make it into a dough. I think I could have gotten away with only making it with three cups of flour. Also, make sure you use the right kind of yeast! I used a different one, and while it did work, I think it would have been better with the active dry instead of the instant that I used. But these are lessons learned!!
All in all, it turned out pretty well. The dough tasted like pretzels and it had a good crunch. The only thing it didn't have was the lovely shine that the ones you buy from a pretzel place normally has. I may try to add an egg wash layer on it to give it that extra shine, but we will see! I will definitely be making these again because they were so good! My roommates really liked them too!
I also want to try to make a kind of sauce to have with them because I didn't make on this time, so they were kinda dry.
I hope this was a fun post! I may make other recipe posts from time to time if I don't have book posts to make!
XO
Dana
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