How to Make the Best Homemade Soft Pretzels

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

Whole wheat flour is more nutritious.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

Olive oil is a healthier fat option.

Add 1 and 1/2 cups of warm water, 1 tablespoon of salt, and 1 tablespoon of sugar to a mixing bowl; whisk to combine.

Add 1 packet of active dry yeast to the mixture; mix with a wire whisk and let sit for 5 to 8 minutes.

Add the yeast mixture to a dough mixer.

Add 4 and 1/2 cups of bread flour and 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil; mix until dough forms.

Knead the dough on a floured surface and form it into a ball.

Place the dough ball in a glass mixing bowl lined with 1 tablespoon of olive oil; cover and let it rise for 1 hour.

After 1 hour, remove the dough and cut it into four pieces; roll each piece into a long rope and twist into a pretzel shape.

Place pretzels on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.

Boil water in a large pot and add 2/3 cup of baking soda; blanch each pretzel for about 30 seconds until they float.

Remove pretzels from the baking soda bath and place back on the baking sheet.

Beat 1 egg and brush it over each pretzel; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of salt.

Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for about 15 minutes until golden brown.

Brush each pretzel with melted butter and sprinkle with more salt; let rest for 5 minutes.

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