Soft Pretzels

Miriam made soft pretzels for the meeting, using this recipe from the website, Cook Eat Delicious! Instead of white flour, she used chapati flour (Indian whole wheat flour). You could also make these with half white four and half wheat flour.  The recipe halves well too, if you don't want 12 pretzels.

Homemade Soft Mall Pretzels

Author: CookEatDelicious.com

Recipe type: Appetizer

Prep time:  1 hour 30 mins

Cook time:  9 mins

Total time:  1 hour 39 mins

Yields: 12 pretzels

 

This is a Vegan Recipe! Serve with mustard.

Ingredients

• 6 tsp yeast
• 2 tsp white sugar
• 1¼ cups warm water
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup white sugar
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 cup baking soda
• 4 cups hot water
• Kosher Salt for topping

Instructions

1. In a small bowl combine yeast, 2 tsp white sugar, and warm water.
2. Let stand for 10 minutes.
3. In a large bowl, combine 3½ cups flour, ½ cup sugar, and 2 tsp salt.
4. Add in oil and yeast mixture.
5. Mix to form a dough ball and knead in ½ cup of flour.
6. Knead until dough is elastic and smooth, 8 minutes.
7. Lightly oil a large bowl and place dough ball inside and cover and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour.
8. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
9. Bring water to a light boil.
10. Dissolve baking soda in hot water and remove from heat.
11. Divide dough into 12 pieces.
12. Roll out each piece into a rope and twist into pretzel shape.
13. Dip each pretzel into baking soda water and place on a greased baking sheet.
14. Sprinkle with salt.
15. Bake for 9 minutes.
16. Cool on a wire rack.