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Mom's Pretzels

By: FIREDANCER201  
"These pretzels are good sprinkled with cheese before baking. Homemade pretzels are the best!"

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Prep Time:
40 Min
Cook Time:
12 Min
Ready In:
2 Hrs 22 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 12 pretzels
 

Ingredients

  • 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
  • 1 cup warm water (100 degrees F/40 degrees C)
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon table salt
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons baking soda
  • 2 tablespoons coarse salt

Directions

  1. Sprinkle the yeast over 1 cup of warm water in a bowl. The water should be no more than 100 degrees F (40 degrees C). Let stand for 10 minutes until the yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam.
  2. Stir in 1 1/2 cups of flour, vegetable oil, and table salt, to make a thick, smooth batter. Stir in 1 1/4 cups of flour, and knead the dough on a well-floured surface until elastic, about 5 minutes. Form the dough into a ball, cover it with a cloth, and let it rest for 1 hour.
  3. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  4. Cut the dough ball into 12 even pieces, and roll each out into a rope about 18 inches long and as thick as a pencil. To shape into pretzels, form a dough piece into a "U" shape, then cross the two tails to make a loop. Spread the two tail ends apart, bring them up, and press the ends into the top of the loop, to form the pretzel shape. Let the formed pretzels rest for 30 minutes on the prepared baking sheet.
  5. Preheat an oven to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C).
  6. Fill a large saucepan about half full of water, bring to a boil, and stir in the baking soda. Working one at a time, drop each pretzel into the boiling water, and let cook for 1 minute, to give the pretzel a skin. Place the boiled pretzels onto the prepared baking sheet, and sprinkle each one with coarse salt.
  7. Bake in the preheated oven until the pretzels are golden brown, about 12 minutes.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 126 | Total Fat: 2.6g | Cholesterol: 0mg

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 15, 2009 by Mrs. Hooper Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)
This is a great and accurate recipe for making classic soft pretzels. Expect the dough to be... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 11, 2009 by craiglalonde 
very simple recipes and it works very well. Just very time consuming I find. Also, be very... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 1, 2009 by Jacqueline Hanson 
These were excellent and easy, especially since I dropped everything, wet to dry, into my... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 1, 2009 by zfornuto 
Awesome! Followed recipe exactly and they came out great! MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 2, 2009 by Allison 
An excellent choice for anyone with a hungry tummy! I love pretzels, but when I tried these My... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 26, 2009 by AMBERNPETTY 
Though the making of the dough was easy enough, these pretzels baked up hard as rocks on the... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 19, 2009 by Amanda 
Very good I put all of it in my bread machine. Even messed up and put the baking soda in it... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 31, 2009 by JULIEWRAY 
Perhaps the problem was using spelt flour instead of regular (our daughter cannot tolerate... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 25, 2009 by Stacie0129 
These were great! MORE

 
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