Authentic German Pretzels

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg yolk

• Baking & Spices

  • 2/3 cup Baking soda
  • 3 cups Bread flour
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 Sea salt or pretzel salt, Coarse
  • 1 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups Whole wheat flour, unbleached white
  • 3 1/2 tsp Yeast

• Dairy

  • 3 tbsp Butter

• Liquids

  • 11 9/16 cups Water

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Ingredients

• 3 Tablespoons melted butter
• 1 Tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 1/2 teaspoons of yeast
• 3 cups bread flour
• 1 1/2 cups unbleached white whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 10 cups of water
• 2/3 cup of baking soda
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 Tablespoon water
• Coarse sea salt or pretzel salt

Directions

• Put all the pretzel dough ingredients into a bread machine or mixer and set it on the dough setting.
• When the dough is near done, pour the 10 cups of water and baking soda into a large pan or wok (I used my Swiss Diamond wok ... perfect for this!), cover and bring to a boil. Stir to dissolve the baking soda into the water and keep covered but still boiling. You might need to reduce the heat a bit to keep the pan from boiling over while you prepare the pretzels.
• Preheat the oven to 425 F. and prepare two baking sheets by spraying them with cooking spray or lining with a non-stick silicon baking mat. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg yolk and water and set beside the prepared pans with a brush close by for basting the pretzels.
• When the dough is done, plop it onto a floured surface and cut into 12 equal pieces.
• Shape each piece of the dough into a long snake about 1 1/2 feet long, then form each snake into a pretzel shape.
• Carefully set each pretzel into the boiling bath water, cover and let them bathe for 30 seconds. I did three pretzels at a time.
• Remove each pretzel carefully from the bath with a slotted spoon or spatula and set onto the prepared baking sheet. Brush with the egg wash, then sprinkle with coarse salt.
• Bake at 425 for about 10 - 14 minutes or until they are a beautiful golden brown in color.
• Remove from the oven and let cool a bit before eating.

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