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Homemade Pretzels and Pretzel Bites:
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups warm water
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 2 ¼ tsp or 1 package active dry yeast
- 4 ½ C all-purpose flour
- 2 ounces butter, melted
- Vegetable oil, (for bowl)
- 10 cups water
- 1/3 cup baking soda
- 1 large egg yolk beaten with 1 tablespoon water
- Kosher salt to sprinkle on top
Directions
Combine the water, sugar and 2 tsp kosher
salt in the bowl of a stand mixer and sprinkle the yeast on top. Allow to sit
for 5 minutes or until the mixture begins to foam. Add the flour and butter
and, using the dough hook attachment, mix on low speed until well combined.
Change to medium speed and knead until the dough is smooth and pulls away from
the side of the bowl, approximately 4 to 5 minutes. Remove the dough from the
bowl, clean the bowl and then oil it well with vegetable oil. Return the dough
to the bowl, cover with plastic wrap and sit in a warm place for approximately an
hour or until the dough has doubled in size.
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
Line 2 pans with cooking spray. Set aside.
Bring the 10 cups of water and the
baking soda to a rolling boil in an 8-quart saucepan or roasting pan.
For Pretzels: In the meantime, turn the dough
out onto a slightly oiled work surface and divide into 8 equal pieces.
Roll out each piece of dough into a
24-inch rope. Make a U-shape with the rope, holding the ends of the rope, cross
them over each other and press onto the bottom of the U in order to form the
shape of a pretzel. Place greased pan.
For Pretzel Bites: Separate and roll
dough out as explained above, but instead of shaping as a pretzel, use a pizza
cutter to cut the rolled dough into “bites”. Place on cookie sheet.
Place
the pretzels and/or bites into the boiling water, 1 by 1, for 30 seconds.
Remove them from the water using a large flat spatula. The baking soda really
makes the boiling water foamy!
I
took a cooling rack and set it on a separate cookie sheet so that when you take
out the wet pretzels out of the water they can drip off while you coat them
with egg and kosher salt for baking.
After they are not dripping, return
them to the half sheet pan you initially greased and bake until dark golden
brown in color, approximately 12 to 14 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack for
at least 5 minutes before serving. Enjoy!
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