No Boil Soft Baked Pretzels Recipe
Auntie Anne's copycat soft baked pretzels are so delicious and easy to make. Make pretzel shapes or pretzel bites in a variety of flavors! No boiling required.
Servings: 8
Calories: 190kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups warm water
- 1 Tablespoon plus ¼ tsp. active dry yeast
- 3 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cups plus 2 T powdered sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil plus more for oiling bowl
- melted butter for brushing
- kosher salt
- 2-3 Tablespoons cinnamon and sugar for sprinkling optional
Pretzel Bath:
- 2 cup hot water
- ¼ cup baking soda
Instructions
- 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 with yeast and vegetable oil. Stir with a spoon or Danish dough whisk and then use your hands to form the dough into a ball. (Can also mix in stand mixer with paddle and dough hook).
- Knead the dough for a few minutes on a lightly floured surface. Dough will be nice and smooth when it's ready. Place the dough into a lightly oiled bowl (1 Tbsp) cover it, and store it in a warm place for 1 hour or until the dough doubles in size.
- When dough has risen, preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
- Make a baking soda bath for the pretzels by combining the baking soda with the hot water and stir until baking soda is mostly dissolved.
- Remove the dough from the bowl and cut into 8 pieces.
- Shape the soft baked pretzels as follows:
- Roll each section into a long 24"-28" rope.
- Bring the ends up and twist twice.
- Bring the ends down and pinch firmly.
- Dip each pretzel into the water bath solution. Drip dry. Arrange on 2 baking sheets that have been sprayed with non stick cooking spray or covered with parchment paper.
- If you want salted pretzels, sprinkle pretzels with coarse salt. Don't salt any pretzels that you plan to coat with cinnamon sugar.
- Bake one pan at a time. Bake 5 minutes, then spin the pan halfway around and bake another 4 or 5 minutes or until golden.
- Remove from oven and brush with melted butter.
- If you want the cinnamon/sugar coating, brush with butter and sprinkle heave coating of cinnamon/sugar onto the entire surface of the pretzel.
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Notes
*The baking soda separates from the water easily. So stir it every couple of minutes as you are dipping the pretzels to make sure that there is an even distribution of powder/water mix on each pretzel.
*The original recipe makes 8, but I like making 12 smaller pretzels. It's up to you!
*If you want the cinnamon/sugar coating, brush with butter and sprinkle a heavy coating of cinnamon/sugar onto the entire surface of the pretzel.
Nutrition
Calories: 190kcal
