How to Make Soft Pretzels 🥨 | Bake It Up A Notch with Erin McDowell

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

Whole wheat flour is more nutritious.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

Olive oil is a healthier fat option.

Welcome to the episode and introduction to making soft pretzels.

Mix the dough using bread flour, sugar, salt, instant yeast, butter, and water.

Mix on low speed for about 3 minutes until shaggy, then increase to medium speed for 4 minutes until smooth.

Form the dough into a round shape and place it in a lightly greased bowl.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel and let it rise until doubled in size, about 1 to 1.5 hours.

Once risen, remove the dough and flour the work surface lightly.

Weigh the dough pieces to about 85 grams each for even baking.

Flatten a piece of dough and shape it into a log, expelling air as you go.

Roll the log to about 20 inches long, applying gentle pressure in the center and more towards the ends.

Twist the two ends of the log to form a pretzel shape, pressing the ends down onto the loop.

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