Copy Cat Recipe - Auntie Anne's Pretzels
Snack
8
 
Ingredients
  • 3¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1½ teaspoons table salt
  • Rock Salt for Topping
  • 1 teaspoons vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon butter (melted)
  • ¾ cup plus 1 tablespoons powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon plus ½ teaspoon active dry yeast
  • 1¼ cups + 2 tablespoons warm water
Instructions
  1. Prepare yeast as instructed on the packet
  2. - Add oil to the yeast and stir.
  3. - In a separate bowl mix place powdered sugar, butter, flour and salt. Mix. Place yeast mixture into the dry ingredient bowl.
  4. Flour a surface and knead the dough for about 10 minutes.
  5. Place dough in a covered bowl ( I use plastic wrap) and let it rest for about an hour at 80 degrees. Dough should double in size.
  6. Preheat oven at 425
  7. Take dough and cut into 8 sections. And roll into a long rope.
  8. Below is a video on how to make the pretzel shape.
  9. Prepare a baking soda water bath with 2 cups warm water and 2 tbsp baking soda. ( It will give the pretzel that wonderful brown color).
  10. Dip each pretzel into the bath.
  11. Place pretzel on to parchment paper on top of a baking sheet.
  12. Bake for about 10 minutes or until pretzel is brown.
  13. Blush melted butter ( additional butter ) onto each and sprinkle salt on top.
Recipe by Budget Savvy Diva at https://www.budgetsavvydiva.com/2012/04/copy-cat-recipe-auntie-annes-pretzels/