RCI-BR.001.0208.001
Pretzel
These are soft pretzels.
Prep25 min
Cook45 min
Total70 min
Servings4
Difficultyintermediate
Ingredients
- 4 cups
- 1 unit
- 1 unit
- yeast (1/4 oz active dry yeast1 package2.25 t dry yeast, or one 0.6 oz yeast cake)
- .5 cups warm water1 unit
- 1 unit
- 1 unit
Method
1
Dissolve the yeast in the water
3 minutes
2
Mix in the salt, sugar, and flour
3 minutes
3
Knead the dough until it is smooth
8 minutes
4
Roll out (do not cut) a blob of dough until it is about 18 inches long.
4 minutes
5
If a traditional shape is desired: Make a loop with the middle of the dough, crossing the dough over itself at about the 15% and 85% areas. Give this contact point a 180° twist, then flip it (and the ends) over toward the middle of the dough piece so that the ends overlap the more-central part at about the 45% and 55% areas.
5 minutes
6
Brush the pretzel with egg.
2 minutes
7
Sprinkle coarse salt onto the egg.
1 minutes
8
Bake at 425°F for 15 minutes.
15 minutes