![]() But we also like to spread some Obatzda in it or some cream cheese with chives. Most of the time we just cut our pretzel open and put some cold butter into it. It seems odd but it works and I think it gives the pretzels some extra fluff. I also was a little skeptical about baking powder in a yeast dough. Put the pretzels in it only for 5 seconds, 10 at the maximum to get a darker result. Make sure that you use only 3 tablespoons of soda with each 1 liter of water. If your dough is too sticky, add more flour until it’s slightly stiffer than for regular rolls but still relatively soft. Make the dough Let the dough rise Punch down and shape the pretzels Freeze them until hard Dip them in the boiling water bath then place them on the pan. pretzels preparation: 15 minutes proofing: 95 minutes bake: 20 minutes total time: 130 minutes Average: 4.5 (15 votes) Ingredients baked baking soda 150 g baking soda (1/3 cup or 5. The amount of flour will vary depending on many factors such as humidity, temperature, and altitude. You should have delicious pretzels if you stick to my measurements and instructions. Bake in preheated oven to 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until the pretzels are a rich brown color. Bavarian pretzels are made from a straightforward yeast dough that’s shaped into a pretzel and dipped in a lye bath before baking. It took me a few attempts to get the right result. Oh this is so typical for us Germans: Having rules for everything!īaking pretzels was not a success for me in the first place. Chew before you swallow, no matter how delicious your pretzel is.You better eat them within an hour after baking, otherwise, they will become dry.Put the salt on the pretzels before you bake them.Use just as much sugar in the dough as you need to make the yeast work.Sorry for my bluntness, Americans, but you are doing the pretzel thing wrong. ![]() Also, people here pour oil over their pretzels … seriously? Well, but you should have seen my surprised face when I took my first bite: They were sweet! Like most bread products here in Texas, even the Pretzels have a lot of sugar in the dough and that is something I will probably never get used to. ![]() Moving to the US, I was very relieved when I found out that I can still buy pretzels and that there are even little stores in the malls that basically don’t sell much else than that.
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