How to Make Pretzels at Home

Pretzels are one of the most popular snack foods in the United States. Pretzels normally come in large bags, which prevents the snack from becoming stale. However, the downside is that the pretzels are not warm and chewy. For this, you will need to make the pretzels yourself.

Things You'll Need

• Large mixing bowl
• 1 1/8 cups water
• 3 cups flour
• 3 tbsp. brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp. yeast
• 1/2 cup baking soda
• Baking pan
• Coarse salt

Instructions

1. Pour 1 1/8 cups of water into the large mixing bowl. Add 3 cups of flour, 3 tbsp. of brown sugar and 1 1/2 tsp. of yeast.

2. Mix all the ingredients together with your hands until the mixture appears smooth and there are no chunky areas. If the dough becomes too dry add a small amount of water. If it is too wet add a little more flour.

3. Form the dough into small balls (about the size of a golf ball) in your hands. You may want to coat you hands in flour so the dough does not stick to your skin.

4. Lightly flour a cutting board or baking pan and roll the small balls into ropes. Stretch these out to be as thick or thin as you would like them to be. Fold the dough ropes into a pretzel shape by crisscrossing the two ends and sticking them to the middle of the rope.

5. Bring a pot of water with 1/2 cup of baking soda to a boil. Place the pretzels into the boiling water for five seconds. Place the pretzels on paper towels to dry them.

6. Grease the baking pan and place the pretzels on the pan, leaving room between each pretzel.

7. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Bake the pretzels for 8 to 10 minutes.

8. While the pretzels are still warm, lightly brush them with water and liberally sprinkle course salt over top.

References

• Making Pretzels