Hello there! As you can see, Vegan MoFo (which I couldn’t even finish) completely wore me out. But I’m back, with pretzels! These soft pretzels are a copycat recipe (adapted from this one) of the ones you’d get at the mall. They’re soft, buttery, chewy and just a tad sweet. I served mine with a “honey” mustard, made by mixing brown mustard with agave. This recipe is simple if you have a stand mixer, and requires about 10 minutes of kneading without. I don’t have a stand mixer so it took some work, but it was definitely worth it. I’ll be back on the Guy Fieri wagon next week!
Soft Pretzels
2013-10-23 14:20:15
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Ingredients
- 2 cups nondairy milk
- 1 1/2 tablespoons active dry yeast
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 4 tablespoons Earth Balance melted
- 4 1/2 cups bread flour
- 2 teaspoons fine salt
- 1/3 cup baking soda
- 3 cups warm water
- Kosher (or any course) salt
- 8 tbsp butter, melted in a shallow dish
Instructions
- Warm the milk in the microwave for 30 seconds to a minute. You want it fairly warm, but not hot. Transfer to a large bowl and stir in yeast and let it sit for 2-3 minutes. Add melted butter and sugar and combine.
- Sift flour with the fine sea salt and add the flour 1/2 cup at a time to the liquid. You can so this in a stand mixer or by hand. Knead for 10 minutes (I did this by hand and it was tough).
- Put in an oiled bowl and cover tightly with cling wrap. Keep in a warm spot (I heated by oven to 200 degrees F, turned off the heat and put the bowl in the oven) for 1 hour, until the dough is doubled in size.
- Divide the dough into 12 pieces and roll out each piece into a thin snake shape (if you think it's thin, keep rolling). Mix baking soda and water in a wide, shallow dish. Twist dough snakes into pretzel shapes and dip into the baking soda water. Let excess water drip off and lay the pretzels onto a baking sheet lined with parchment.
- Sprinkle pretzels with course salt and bake for 8-11 minutes at 450 degrees F. Dip in melted butter before serving.
- Serve with sweet mustard or your favorite condiment.
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