Soft Baked Pretzels

Who doesn't love one of those big soft pretzels that you get at sporting events or just walking around the city? With this recipe you will be able to make your own delicious soft pretzels at home!


Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups warm water
1 1/8 tsp active dry yeast (1 1/2 pkg.)
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 1/8 tsp salt
1 cup bread flour
3 cup regular flour
2 cup warm water
2 tbsp baking soda
Coarse salt
1 stick butter (melted)

Dissolve yeast into 1 1/2 cup lukewarm water then add sugar, salt and dissolve

Add flour and knead dough until smooth and let the dough rise for 1/2 hour

Combine 2 cups warm water and baking soda in bowl (this is the pretzel bath)

Once dough has risen, flatten out the dough to 1/2 inch or less in thickness and cut off strips of dough and shape as pretzels

Dip the pretzels into the baking soda bath and place on a greased baking sheet

Bake at 450 for about 10 minutes and generously brush with melted butter and sprinkle coarse salt over the top.



Other Options (not pictured):

• Make the dough as you normally would but instead of shaping the dough as a pretzel, you can wrap the strips of pretzel around a hotdog for a great treat
• Flatten out the strips of dough and place pieces of cheese and roll the cheese inside the pretzel dough and then shape them into a pretzel or even stick shapes
• You can top your pretzels with cheese or a cinnamon sugar coating rather than salt