When you’re shopping, and get a sudden craving for homemade
soft pretzels, there’s not a lot you can do to satisfy that yearning
immediately. Sure, you can set some dough when you get home, and wait for it to
rise, but by the time that’s done, how do you even know your still going to
want pretzels?
Well, the solution to this probably not very common problem is
store-bought pizza dough. While I don’t necessarily recommend it for making
world-class pizza, if you’re willing to eat something that looks like a bagel,
it works very well for making pretzels.
By the way, if you’re wondering exactly, specifically, and
precisely what the difference is between bagels and pretzels, I’m not sure I’m
the one to ask. I believe the doughs are slightly different, as well as the
solution they’re boiled in, but above and beyond that, you should hit the
search engines up for more details.
Normally, I would’ve done that before writing the post, but did
I mention the pretzels and beer? Like I said in the video, if you do want to make
your own pretzel dough, go for it, since the technique will work the same no
matter where you’re dough comes from. Regardless of what you use, I really hope
you give these a try soon. Enjoy!
Ingredients for 6 homemade soft pretzels:
1 pound prepared pizza dough, plus all-purpose flour as
needed, divided into six balls
6 cups water
1/3 cup baking soda
coarse salt
– Bake at 400 F. for about 20 minutes, or until beautifully
browned, and stretch marks have formed. Exact times will depend the specific
size and shape of your pretzel.
– Tip: if you’re
making rings, be sure to stretch them out, so your pretzels are not too thick.
You don’t want them any fatter than I made, otherwise they become too bready.
Larger, thinner dough rings we’ll give you a chewier pretzel, closer to the
ones you get at the mall.
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