Auntie Ann's Pretzels

By Addie

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup warm water
• 1 1/8 teaspoon active yeast
• 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup bread flour
• 3 cups regular flour
• 2 cups warm water
• 2 Tablespoons baking soda
• Coarse salt, to taste
• 2 −4 Tablespoons butter (melted)

Details

Servings 10
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 35mins
Adapted from keyingredient.com

Preparation

Step 1

Sprinkle yeast on lukewarm water in mixing bowl; stir to dissolve. Add sugar, salt, and stir to dissolve; add flour and knead dough until smooth and elastic. Let rise at least 1/2 hour.

While dough is rising, prepare a baking soda water bath with 2 cups warm water and 2 Tbs. baking soda. Be certain to stir often.

After dough has risen, pinch off bits of dough and roll into a long rope (about 1/2 inch or less thick) and shape. Dip pretzel into soda solution and place on greased baking sheet. Allow pretzel to rise again.

Bake in a 450 degree oven for about 10 minutes or until golden. Brush with melted butter and enjoy!
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Toppings:
After you brush with butter try sprinkling with coarse salt. Or for Auntie Anne's famous cinnamon sugar, try melting a stick of butter in a shallow bowl( big enough to fit the entire pretzel) and in another bowl, make a mixture of cinnamon and sugar. dip the pretzel into the butter, coating both sides generously. then dip again into the cinnamon mixture.