Best and Simple Homemade Soft Pretzels
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Ingredients
- 2 cups
Fresh milk - 1 � tbsp
Yeast - 6 tbsp
Brown sugar - 4 tbsp
Butter (softened at room temp) - 4 � cups
Flour - 2 tbsp
Fine salt - ? cup
Baking soda - � cup
Coarse salt - 8 tbsp
Melted butter
Instructions
- Warm the milk in the microwave or on the stove for less than a minute (Don�t boil it, just make sure it�s warm).
- Add in the yeast and mix for around 3 minutes or less.
- Add in the butter and sugar.
- Add in the flour a cup by cup before adding the fine salt.
- Knead it in the mixer with a dough hook or with your hands for around 10 minutes.
- Add the dough to a bowl greased with oil. Cover it and let it sit for an hour.
- Once the dough expands twice the size, punch the dough to make sure the air releases.
- Preheat the oven to 230�C.
- Divide the dough into 12 sections and knead each until it�s long.
- In a separate bowl, mix in the baking soda and warm water.
- Shape the dough into a pretzel and dip them into the baking soda mixture.
- Place the pretzels on a tray with parchment paper and drizzle with coarse salt.
- Bake the pretzels for about 7-10 minutes or until they�re golden brown.
- Dip the pretzels into the melted butter when it�s still hot, and you can serve with your choice of sauce to dip in! Like Salted Caramel Sauce, which you can check out here!