Soft Pretzel

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 250 g flour
• 3 g active dry yeast
• 3 g sugar
• 5 g salt
• 145 ml warm water
• 10 g butter (softened)
• 2 tablespoons baking soda
• 750 ml water (for boiling pretzels)
• 1 teaspoon rock salt

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 400 degrees f.
• 2 mix together flour, yeast, sugar, salt, and warm water until the dough starts to come together. it will by a little dry since the butter hasn't been added.
• 3 knead in the butter until you have nice smooth dough. let rise in a warm place until the size about doubles.
• 4 punch dough the dough and separate into 2 to 3 equal balls. roll out dough into long rolls so you can shape them into pretzels. feel free to make any shape you wish, though, such as, rolls or crescents.
• 5 while the dough rises a little longer, boil the 750 ml of water with baking soda. when it comes to a boil, drop in each pretzel for about 1 minute (30 seconds on each side).
• 6 pull out boiled pretzels and let the sit for a few minutes.
• 7 bake in oven for about 20 minutes, or until they brown. sprinkle rock salt on top once finished!
• 8 serve with butter!