Authentic German Pretzels

If you have about 2 hours and 30 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Authentic German Pretzels might be an amazing lacto ovo vegetarian recipe to try. One serving contains 214 calories, 7g of protein, and 4g of fat. This recipe serves 12. For 29 cents per serving, this recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have baking soda, yeast, unbleached flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. 5354 people have made this recipe and would make it again. Plenty of people really liked this side dish. This recipe is typical of European cuisine. It is brought to you by Sumptuous Spoonfuls. Overall, this recipe earns a not so tremendous spoonacular score of 37%. Users who liked this recipe also liked Authentic German Potato Salad, Authentic German Potato Salad, and Authentic German Potato Salad.

Servings: 12

Preparation duration: 30 minutes

Cooking duration: 120 minutes

 

Ingredients:

2/3 cup of baking soda

3 cups bread flour

3 Tablespoons melted butter

1 egg yolk

1 teaspoon salt

Coarse sea salt or pretzel salt

1 Tablespoon sugar

1 1/2 cups unbleached white whole wheat flour

10 cups of water

3 1/2 teaspoons of yeast

Equipment:

baking sheet

bread machine

whisk

bowl

oven

frying pan

wok

slotted spoon

spatula

Cooking instruction summary:

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.

 

Step by step:


1. 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.

2. Remove each pretzel carefully from the bath with a slotted spoon or spatula and set onto the prepared baking sheet.

3. Brush with the egg wash, then sprinkle with coarse salt.

4. Bake at 425 for about 10 - 14 minutes or until they are a beautiful golden brown in color.

5. Remove from the oven and let cool a bit before eating.


Nutrition Information:

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214k Calories
7g Protein
4g Total Fat
36g Carbs
2% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
214k
11%

Fat
4g
7%

  Saturated Fat
2g
13%

Carbohydrates
36g
12%

  Sugar
1g
1%

Cholesterol
23mg
8%

Sodium
2249mg
98%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
7g
15%

Vitamin B1
0.43mg
28%

Selenium
19µg
28%

Folate
99µg
25%

Manganese
0.38mg
19%

Vitamin B2
0.18mg
10%

Vitamin B3
1mg
9%

Fiber
2g
8%

Phosphorus
74mg
7%

Vitamin B5
0.73mg
7%

Copper
0.13mg
7%

Zinc
0.73mg
5%

Magnesium
15mg
4%

Vitamin B6
0.08mg
4%

Iron
0.54mg
3%

Potassium
82mg
2%

Vitamin A
110IU
2%

Vitamin E
0.31mg
2%

Calcium
17mg
2%

covered percent of daily need
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