Ingredients
1 cup of water
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 Tablespoons brown sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
The swim
8 cups of water
½ cup baking soda
The finish
1 Tablespoon melted butter
Kosher Salt
Preheat over to 425 degrees.
Toss first 5 ingredients in a large bowl and mix it with a spoon until it starts to come together, then get in there and knead the dough for five minutes.
Divide dough into 8 equal pieces. Shape each dough ball into the pretzel shape.
Get a large pot and pour in the 8 glasses of water and baking soda and bring to
boil over medium heat. Then 2 at a time, place pretzel dough in water for 15 seconds.
Remove with a slotted spoon and place on a greased, buttered, parchment or silpat lined baking sheet.
Once you’ve done this with all the pretzels bake them for 8-10 minutes.
Remove pretzels to a cooling rack right away. Brush them with melted butter and at the kosher salt to taste.
You can enjoy them with your favorite toppers; pizza sauce, cheese sauce, mustard, and garlic butter are some fine ideas!
If you would like to freeze them, let them cool completely, then put in freezer bags. Enjoy.
Peace,
CK