Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Bake Your Own Soft Pretzels!


Easy, Scrumptious, Homemade Pretzels

Warm, toasty, straight from the oven....Yum! 
These tasty pretzels are an inexpensive, easy snack to make. I use a basic French bread recipe, mix up the dough in my bread machine and roll out and shape into pretzels. You can use any recipe you like, but the French bread is less sweet and works well with the saltiness of the pretzel.

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/4 cup hot water
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 Tbs. oil
  • 1 Tbs. honey
  • 2 tsp. salt
  • 1 Tbs. gluten
  • 5+ cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 Tbs. yeast

For topping pretzels:

  • 1 egg white
  • Coarse salt

Directions:

  • Add all ingredients to the bread machine and set on the dough cycle. (If you don't have a bread machine, add the ingredients and knead about 8 minutes. Let rise until about double.)
  • Cut the dough into about 20 pieces. If you want larger pretzels, cut into fewer pieces. 
  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  • Roll out the dough into long rolls using both hands.
It works really well if you can get some helpers! ;)


  • To make twisted pretzels, roll out a piece of dough into a long roll, about 12 inches long. Take the two ends and twist and then twist again. Press the ends down onto the roll forming the pretzel shape. 
  • Place pretzels on cooking stone or cookie sheet, brush with egg white and sprinkle liberally with the coarse salt. 
  • Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. (Check them, all ovens are different)

They are best fresh, but you can store them in a bread bag or container.


Try not to eat them all at once! :)


48 comments:

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    1. Hahaha! Oh Rachel, these are so good for you. Whole wheat and all! ;)

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  2. They look sooo good! I want to make some. right. now.! Thanks so much for sharing a awesome looking recipe! Abby.

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    1. You're welcome, Abby! Go for it, you'll be glad you made them! ;)

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  3. My mouth is watering just looking at these. I'm pinning this. Thanks for sharing at Family Fun Friday!
    Monica
    http://happyandblessedhome.com

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    1. These pretzels are definitely mouthwatering. Thanks for pinning our post! :D
      Blessings,
      Julia

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  4. I love soft pretzels! Thanks for the recipe!

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  5. Jeni,
    Thanks for commenting! They are tasty. My kids will gobble them up the day we make them. Blessings,
    Gloria

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  6. I have always wanted to try to make my own pretzels... This recipe looks simple I will have to give this a try. Thank you for posting.
    Kristen www.chickyscafe.com

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    1. They are pretty simple and they taste so good! You will know what is in them so they are healthy, too!
      Thanks for commenting! :)
      Gloria

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  7. I LOVE soft pretzels! These look absolutely delish! :)
    http://dixie-n-dottie.blogspot.com/

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    1. Thanks! I love them too so now we can make them ourselves! Woo-hoo! :)
      Gloria

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  8. Yum! Sounds delicious! Following you by email!
    Tiffany@VintageMarigold

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    1. Thanks for following! We are going to have lots of great tips and recipes so stay tuned! :)

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  9. Yum! I am so hungry and they look good! Following by email!

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    1. Thank you for following us by email, Tiffany! :D That's a good way to follow us, since we've heard that Google Friendconnect will be ending in July. We're looking into other options for blog followers to use.

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  10. Ooooohhh!! These look GREAT! I can't wait to try them!

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    1. Thanks Brandi! We sure love them and hope you will too! ;)

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  11. Thanks for linking up at Thursday Favorite things hop. I would also like to invite you to stop by We Three Crabs on Tuesdays and link up any post that can be pinned for Pinterest Tuesday. This post would be a lovely addition.

    Erica
    We Three Crabs

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    1. You're welcome, Erica, and thank you for the invite! :D

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    1. I love that word! ;) (And yup. They are.) :D

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    1. Thanks for commenting, nice to meet you! :)
      Gloria

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    1. Thanks for commenting! Hope you have a great weekend!
      Gloria

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  15. These look amazing! You are a Featured Favorite this week on Saturday Show & Tell on Cheerios and Lattes! We love having you join us and can't wait to see what you've been up to this week!
    Mackenzie :)

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    1. Oh, WOW! Thank you so much!! We are so excited to be featured! We got the button and put it on the blog. It is amazing how popular these pretzels are! They just seem rather normal to us.
      Thanks again,
      Gloria and Julia

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  16. These pretzels sound wonderful, love that you used wheat flour! I'm featuring these on my Facebook page today! Thanks for sharing at Thursday's Treasures!

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    1. Wow! Thank you for featuring us on your facebook page! Yes, we love baking with wheat flour, and we actually grind it fresh ourselves to boot. :) Thanks for being a wonderful link party hostess! :)

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  17. Yum! Thanks for sharing this recipe! I want to give them a try.

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    1. We hope you love them as much as we do, Rita! ;)

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  18. These look wonderful! I would love to make these with my kids. :-) Thanks for linking up with "Try a New Recipe Tuesday!" I will be featuring this recipe this coming week! :-) Congratulations! :-) Be sure to stop by and grab an "I've been featured" button for your blog. The post will go live around 11pm Eastern on Monday evening. I hope you will be able to share recipes with us again this week. Many blessings, Lisa :-)

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    1. Wow! Thanks for featuring us! Yay!! We will definitely be sharing some new recipes!
      Have a great day!
      Gloria

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  19. I love homemade pretzels. I've got to try this recipe! Thanks so much for sharing on Two Cup Tuesday at Pint Sized Baker. I've Pinned this!

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    1. Thanks for commenting! And thanks for pinning!!
      Have a great day!
      Gloria

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  20. I am going to have to make these with my grand daughter Katie. We love soft pretzels. Thanks for linking up to The Gathering Spot last week. You are being featured at The Gathering Spot this week. The party goes live at 6:55 PM EST tonight! Hope to see you there :)

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    1. Oh, yay!! Thanks for featuring us! That is so exciting! We'll be there!!
      Blessings,
      Gloria

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  21. Do you use hard white wheat or hard red wheat?

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    1. I use hard white wheat. My family just likes the lighter color and taste. I guess it's a personal preference.
      Gloria

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  23. Hi Charlotte,
    We use hard white wheat, but half-hard-white and half-hard-red would also be delicious! In my opinion, using all hard red wheat would make the pretzels just a little too 'gritty'. But if you love hard red wheat, go for it! :)

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  24. These look delicious! I cannot wait to try them. I just HAD to feature them! Thanks for joining our Make Bake Create party! Please link up again tomorrow!:)
    http://therookieseamstress.com/2013/04/08/make-bake-create-party-1-featured-posts/

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    1. Thanks so much for featuring us! We will surely be back tomorrow for more fun!
      Thanks,
      Gloria

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  25. I'll have to try these, they look so good and so much fun to make.

    Stopping by from Kids in the Kitchen link up

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    1. Thanks for commenting! My kids beg me to make them and they love to help roll them out and twist them.
      Gloria

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  26. I just wanted to let you know that I featured your AWESOME pretzels on my Make Bake Create recap! I can't wait to see what you link this week! ~Brandi

    http://www.creativeprincessbrandi.com/2013/04/make-bake-create-party-week-2.html

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    1. Oh, wow!! Thanks so much! We have a super cool tute to share, and a new recipe, too. Thanks for featuring us!! :)
      Gloria

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