Homemade Soft Pretzels

Soft Pretzels, my mom’s favorite! She loves dipping them in warm nacho cheese!  My brother loves them with a bit of hot English mustard. My favorite way to eat them is fresh out of the oven with some butter! However you like them, and with whatever topping, these taste amazing! Surprisingly, they are easy to make! 

You can whip up a batch of these in a little over an hour! You can make your pretzels smaller than I made mine. We like ours thick and big, but you may like them thinner. Make them however you like! 

What you’ll need 

4 cups flour 

1 TBS yeast 

1 1/2 cup water 

1/4 cup sugar 

1 teaspoon salt 

Boiling Water 

2 TBS baking soda 

1 egg 

Coarse salt 

What to do:

Combine half of the flour, the yeast, sugar and salt. Stir in warm water. Add the rest of the flour and knead dough until smooth. Allow to rise for 20 minutes. Cut dough and divide into four or five or six pieces ...this is when you decide how big you want your pretzels. Roll each piece of divided dough into a snake. Make a loop with half of the snake, and cross of the loop with the other half of the snake making the criss-cross traditional pretzel shape. In my video I show you three ways my family likes them shaped. Have some fun and experiment and find a shape you like! 

Let the pretzels rise for 10 minutes. Broil or bake in an oven for 10 minutes, or until a skin forms on the pretzels. While pretzels are broiling, bring some water to a boil in a sauce pan. The water should be deep enough to allow your pretzels to float. Add baking soda to the water once it comes to a boil.  Remove pretzels from oven, and boil in the baking soda water for 45 seconds to one minute on both sides, depending on the size of the pretzel. Remove from water, drain, and place on a well oiled cookie sheet and bake until done. 

Try to be patient! You’re gonna wanna dig into these as soon as they come out of the oven. But don’t! Wait at least 15 minutes before you start to enjoy the pretzels. If you eat them right out of the oven, the pretzels will seem doughy. That’s not very enjoyable! 

I hope you try this recipe out! If you do, let me know how it worked and what your family thought of the pretzels! 

Amber Wells 

Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬