Homemade pretzel dough is braided and sprinkled with kosher salt then baked and brushed with butter. You're going to LOVE this pretzel wreath!
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Keyword homemade pretzels, soft pretzels
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 24 minutesminutes
rise 1 hourhour30 minutesminutes
Total Time 2 hourshours44 minutesminutes
Servings 12
Calories 190kcal
Ingredients
1 1/4cupwater
1Tbsp.yeast
3 3/4cupflour
3/4cuppowdered sugar
1 1/2teaspoonskosher salt
2teaspoonsoil
Pretzel Bath
2cupswarm water
1/4cupbaking soda
Toppings
extra kosher saltto sprinkle on wreath
1/4cupmelted butterfor brushing
Instructions
Watch my step by step video before braiding the dough for a better visual.
Dissolve yeast in the warm water in a small bowl or cup. Let sit for a few minutes.
Combine flour, powdered sugar, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add water/yeast and vegetable oil. Stir with a spoon and then use your hands to form the dough into a ball.
Knead the dough 5 minutes on a lightly floured surface. Dough will be nice and smooth when it's ready. Place the ball of dough into a lightly oiled bowl, cover it, and place it in a warm place for 1 hour or until the dough doubles in size.
Divide dough into 4 equal sections.
Roll each section into a 26" rope. It'll take a little while to do this since, just keep working with the dough. It WILL eventually stretch out.
Braid 3 of the ropes together.
Bring ends together and pinch to secure.
Cut a 4" piece off of the 4th rope and set that piece to the side. Shape the rest of the rope into a bow.
Wrap the small piece of dough around the center of the bow, pinching ends together in the back.
Press bow onto wreath, pushing down hard to help the dough stick.
Mix warm water and baking soda together in a large bowl. Carefully dip wreath in bowl just until submerged. Hold onto the bow so that it doesn't fall off.Allow excess water to run off.
Place wreath on greased baking sheet. Sprinkle with kosher salt. Cover and let rise in a warm place 30 minutes.
Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
Bake for 12 minutes, turn pan around, then bake an additional 10-12 minutes. Wreath should be golden brown.
Brush with melted butter as soon as the wreath comes out of the oven.
Video
Notes
If you want the cinnamon/sugar coating, brush baked pretzel wreath with butter and sprinkle a heavy coating of cinnamon/sugar onto the entire surface of the pretzel.