Soft Pretzels

I let my girls play with some of the dough for these soft pretzels. I think the last time I blogged these Diva was so little! I topped some of them with Vanilla Cinnamon Specialty Sugar. The other with Hiwa Kai Finishing Salt. SO GOOD. And the ones with Hiwa Kai were so pretty!

Pretzel sticks with Hiwa Kai.

Vanilla Cinnamon Sugar.

 Not so pretty pretzels.

Too light, but still good.

That's really odd, that picture is sideways. Go figure. I made the dough in my bread machine. I had gotten away from using it this past year and I love that thing!

Soft Pretzels adapted from HERE.

Place these ingredients in your bread machine.
Select Dough Cycle.

1 1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees F

/45 degrees C)

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup bread flour

3 tablespoons soft butter

1 1/8 teaspoons kosher salt

3 tablespoons brown sugar

1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast

Mix these two together.

2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45

degrees C)

2 tablespoons baking soda

 

Toppings

2 tablespoons butter, melted to dip hot pretzels in

 

Use these to sprinkle or roll pretzels in.

Hiwa Kai Black Salt or pretzel salt

Vanilla Cinnamon Specialty Sugar

Chopped candied almonds

 Once the dough is done remove it from the pan roll pieces of dough into long strips, shape into pretzels. Dip into the water mixture, place on a parchment lined cookie sheet or a stoneware baking pan. Let them rest  for 20 minutes.  Bake at 450 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Remove from oven, dip in butter and pick a topping.