Soft Pretzels
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Recipe type: Snack, Appetizer
Author: Jillian
Serves: 10-12
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons warm water
  • 1 Tbsp active dry yeast
  • 1 1/3 cups warm water
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 3 cups unbleached all purpose flour
  • 1-2 cups white whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup baking soda(for boiling water)
  • coarse sea, or kosher salt for sprinkling
  • mustard for enjoying
Instructions
  1. Use a large mixing bowl
  2. Mix 2 Tbsp warm water with the yeast to dissolve it
  3. Then stir in the remaining warm water
  4. Stir in brown sugar
  5. Place bowl on a mixer and using a dough hook, gradually add the flour and continue mixing until it forms a ball(you can make this without a standmixer, using your muscles instead)
  6. Dump dough out onto a floured work surface
  7. Knead the dough to make it smooth(a few minutes)
  8. Use enough flour on your work surface so the dough is not sticky
  9. Let dough sit for 5-10 minutes on your work surface
  10. Preheat oven to 475 degrees F.
  11. Butter 2 sheet pans(very important)
  12. Bring 2 quarts of water, and baking soda to boil in a large saucepan
  13. Cut dough up into golf ball size pieces
  14. Roll them into 1/2-inch thick worms
  15. Form a U then cross the ends, twisting at the middle
  16. Fold the ends back down to meet the U (which is now an O) and press to secure the dough
  17. Drop the dough knots into the boiling water by threes for 30 seconds
  18. Fish them out and place them on the greased sheet pan
  19. While the puffed up dough knots are still wet, sprinkle with coarse sea salt, or kosher salt
  20. Repeat with the rest of the dough
  21. Bake for sheet tray for 8-10 minutes, or until golden brown.
Recipe by Food Filled Life at http://foodfilledlife.com/2012/11/20/soft-pretzels/