Pretzel Recipe

Louanne on Sep 20th 2009

Here is the pretzel recipe from Taste of Home’s 5 ingredient cookbook. (I love Taste of Home by the way!)

Giant Pretzels

1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast

3/4 cup warm water (110 -115 degrees)

1 1/2 teaspoons sugar

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2 tablespoons butter

Coarse Salt (I used Kosher)

  • In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add sugar and salt. Stir in flour, 1/2 cup at a time, to form a soft dough.
  • Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes (dough will be sticky). Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
  • Punch dough down and divide into six portions. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion into a 14″ rope; twist in pretzel shape. Place on greased baking sheets. Brush with butter, sprinkle with coarse salt.
  • Bake at 425 for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks. Serve warm.

Filed in Cooking,Home Life | 4 responses so far

  • catherinethegreat

    wow…thanks for sharing. I appreciate this.ctg…

  • http://www.mangerati.com Fast and Delicious

    Louanne,

    Thanks for sharing. Here’s a similar one: the baked pretzel recipe. I think mine is a little more elaborate and probably more complicated than yours.

  • KathyP

    Thanks for sharing! This looks so easy I’m going to try it myself!

    But, “5 ingredient cookbook”? There’s SEVEN ingredients! :-)

  • http://meetthehintons.blogspot Maddys Mom

    That sounds yummy, we will have to try that. It looks like you & Nadia had a lot of fun making them.