Homemade Theme Park Pretzels
Simple recipe for soft and chewy, theme park quality, homemade pretzels.
Ingredients
The dough
- 1 ½ cups warm water
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 ¼ teaspoons dry-active yeast
- 1 tsp salt
- 3½ - 4 cups all-purpose flour
cooking and topping
- 3 Tablespoons baking soda
- 3 teaspoons sugar
- Coarse salt to taste
- 1 egg
Instructions
- In a small bowl place half of the warm water and 1 tsp of sugar.
- Sprinkle the yeast on top. It will be foamy in about 5 minutes.
- To the bowl of the stand mixer, (or a large bowl by hand), add the rest of the water, salt, and half of the flour. Mix to combine.
- Add the yeast mixture back in to the bowl, along with the rest of the flour, and mix to combine.
- Knead for 5 minutes with your stand mixer. (If by hand, tip out onto the counter and knead about 8 minutes.)
- Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
- Tip the dough out onto the counter and separate into 12 equal pieces.
- Roll each piece into a long rope, about 16 inches long (40 cm).
- Shape into a pretzel and place onto a lined, or floured, cookie sheet.
- Cover and let rise 30 minutes, or until almost doubled.
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add in the baking soda and 3 tsp sugar.
- In batches, boil the pretzels for 30 seconds per side.
- Remove to a lined baking sheet.
- Preheat oven to 425 ℉ (220 ℃)
- In a small bowl, add 1 egg and beat with a drizzle of water. Brush onto the tops of the pretzels.
- Sprinkle the tops of the pretzels with coarse salt, to taste.
- Bake for 15 minutes, or until browned.