Soft Pretzel Recipes

Total Time: 1 hour

Source: My recipe box

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cup warm water
• 1 1/8 tsp active yeast
• 2 Tbsp brown sugar
• 1 1/8 tsp salt
• 1 cup bread flour
• 3 cups regular flour
• 2 cups warm water
• 2 Tbsp baking soda
• coarse salt
• 2-4 Tbsp melted butter

Steps:

1. Sprinkle yeast on lukewarm water in bowl; stir to dissolve.
2. Add sugar, salt, stir to dissolve, add flour and knead dough until smooth and elastic. Let stand for at least 1/2 hour.
3. Meanwhile mix 2 cups warm water and 2 Tbsp. baking soda. Be certain to stir often.
4. After dough has risen, pinch off bits of dough and roll into a long rope about 1/2 inch thick and shape like a pretzel.
5. Dip pretzel in soda mixture and place on greased baking sheet. Allow pretzels to rise again.
6. Bake in oven at 450 degrees F for about 10 minutes or until golden.
7. Brush with melted butter.

Cinnamon Sugar Pretzels: After you brush with butter, try sprinkling with coarse salt or melt a stick of butter in a bowl big enough to fit the entire pretzel. In another shallow bowl, make a mixture of cinnamon and sugar.

Dip into the butter, coating both sides generously. Then dip again into the cinnamon mixture.