Homemade Soft Pretzels Recipe

How to make it

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• Pour lukewarm water into a bowl then and add yeast and sugar.
• Stir in one tablespoon of the melted butter.
• Add three cups of flour and salt then mix well.
• Using your hands knead dough briefly.
• If dough is too sticky add extra flour.
• Pour extra tablespoon of melted butter over ball of dough.
• Swish dough around so it gets coated with the butter.
• Cover bowl and let dough rise for an hour or so.
• Shape pretzels and bake them.
• Oil a baking sheet generously and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
• Line a second baking sheet with parchment paper or waxed paper.
• This will be used to hold the shaped but unboiled pretzels.
• Fill a pot of water with four cups of water and 5 teaspoons baking soda.
• Bring to a boil.
• Put oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat oven to 450.
• When dough is ready press it down and place it on a floured work surface.
• Divide dough in half and put one half aside in the covered bowl.
• Divide dough on the work surface into 16 equal portions.
• Using floured hands roll or stretch each portion of dough into a 12" snake.
• Shape snake into a pretzel shape or any shape you like.
• Bring your formed pretzels over near the boiling water.
• Have the oiled baking sheet nearby.
• Flip a pretzel from the paper onto your hand and place carefully in water.
• Do this with two or three pretzels and then set a time for one minute.
• The pretzels will swell and stiffen during this boiling.
• Use a slotted spoon to lift pretzels out of the water and onto baking sheet.
• Continue until you have boiled all the pretzels.
• At this point you can sprinkle salt on the boiled pretzels.
• Put the tray of pretzels into the oven and bake for 8 minutes.
• Turn pretzels then bake another 7 minutes.