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Homemade Soft Pretzels (Copycat Auntie Anne's Pretzel Recipe)
This Auntie Anne's Pretzels copycat recipe is one you are going to want to try. You get a chewy yet fluffy, perfectly tender, beautifully golden brown pretzel that will have you savoring every last flavorful, salty little bite.
👥 12 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 2h⏳ Prep: 45 min🔥 Cook: 15 min👤 Jaclyn📖 cookingclassy
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- saucepan
- bowl
- stove
- microwave
- whisk
- baking sheet
- oven
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Warm milk in a microwave safe bowl in microwave (or alternately over stove top in a small saucepan) until temperature of milk reaches 110 degrees, about 1 1/⏱️ 2 - 2 minutes on HIGH power.
2
Pour milk along with yeast into the bowl of an electric stand mixer and whisk together until yeast has dissolved, let rest ⏱️ 5 minutes. Add brown sugar, 4 tbsp softened butter, 1 cup flour and 2 tsp fine sea salt to milk mixture and using the whisk attachment, stir until blended.
3
Switch attachment to a dough hook, add remaining 3 1/2 cups flour and kneaded mixture on medium low speed until elastic.
(470ml) milk (I used 2%)2 cups(75g) packed light-brown sugar6 Tbsp(56g) butter, (at room temperature)4 Tbspcups (635g) all-purpose flour, (plus an up to an additional 1/2 cup as needed)4 1/2(710ml) warm water3 cups(56g) butter (, melted)6 Tbsp
4
Mix in up to an additional 1/2 cup flour, as needed, until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and allow dough to rise in warm place until doubled in size, about ⏱️ 1 hour.
5
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Line two baking sheets with Silpats or parchment paper (alternately you could grease them). Punch dough down several times to release any air pockets.
6
Divide dough into 12 equal pieces* and cover loosely with plastic wrap.
7
Roll each piece out into a long, thin rope about 32 - 36 inches long**. Form dough rope into a pretzel shape.
8
In a shallow bowl, whisk together baking soda and warm water then fully immerse pretzel into water mixture, lift and allow excess water to drip off***.
9
Place on prepared baking sheet, reshape as needed and sprinkle to taste with coarse salt. Repeat this process with remaining dough.
(470ml) milk (I used 2%)2 cups(75g) packed light-brown sugar6 Tbsp(56g) butter, (at room temperature)4 Tbsp(710ml) warm water3 cupscoarse salt (, to taste)(56g) butter (, melted)6 Tbsp
10
Bake pretzels in preheated oven ⏱️ 7 - 11 minutes until golden brown (note that you will likely only be able to cook 6 at a time among the two baking sheets) Remove from oven and brush top and bottom of pretzels with melted butter.
11
Serve warm with optional dipping sauce. Reheat in microwave or in a warm oven once they've cooled, if desired.
Nutrition Facts
calories
302 kcal
fat Content
10 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
7 g
sodium Content
1409 mg
protein Content
6 g
cholesterol Content
28 mg
carbohydrate Content
44 g
saturated Fat Content
6 g
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