I had the letter P for preschool and wondered if there were any recipes for pretzels out in the big wide world. Well, I found a winner on allrecipes. These are really easy, really fun, and really yummy! The kids loved them--which is a shocker. I made them Pigs in a Blanket and half the kids wouldn't touch them (weird, huh)? But these, they devoured. I did too!
Mall Pretzels
Ingredients
* 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
* 2 tablespoons brown sugar
* 1 1/8 teaspoons salt
* 1 1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
* 3 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 cup bread flour
* 2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
* 2 tablespoons baking soda
* 2 tablespoons butter, melted
* 2 tablespoons coarse kosher salt
Directions
1. In a large mixing bowl, dissolve the yeast, brown sugar and salt in 1 1/2 cups warm water. Stir in flour, and knead dough on a floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, and turn to coat the surface. Cover, and let rise for one hour. (If the dough doesn't rise long enough you end up with a tough, rubbery dough that will not stay put.)
2. Combine 2 cups warm water and baking soda in an 8 inch square pan.
3. After dough has risen, cut into 12 pieces. Roll each piece into a 3 foot rope, pencil thin or thinner. Twist into a pretzel shape, and dip into the baking soda solution. After rolling out the dough, making the pretzel and dunking it in the water/soda, lay it on a paper towel just long enough to catch most the water and then put on the cookie sheet. This way they won't puddle in the excess water and it's easy to reshape them. Use ordinary baking sheets, sprayed with Pam and let rise 15 to 20 minutes.
4. Bake at 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) for 8 to 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Brush with melted butter, and sprinkle with coarse salt, garlic salt or cinnamon sugar.
The original recipe had you put them on parchment paper, but I don't recommend that. The parchment paper sticks and gives additional fiber to the pretzel since you can't peel it all off. Enjoy!!!
4 comments:
OMGoodness! Bring on the nacho cheese sauce! These sound so fun to make (like maybe for Super Bowl Sunday??), but I'm partial to the cinnamon/sugar one. That sounds like I could (and would) eat it for breakfast. Thanks for sharing!
I didn't even think of nacho cheese. Brilliant idea!
My kids always want these at the mall so maybe I'll try baking them instead. Thanks!
Christina gave me a sample after preschool and they are fabulous! I was sad that I had to share with Lydia!
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