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Pretzel Wreath Recipe

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 minutes
Cook Time 24 minutes
rise 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 44 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 190kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cup water
  • 1 Tbsp. yeast
  • 3 3/4 cup flour
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 2 teaspoons oil

Pretzel Bath

  • 2 cups warm water
  • 1/4 cup baking soda

Toppings

  • extra kosher salt to sprinkle on wreath
  • 1/4 cup melted butter for 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.
    soft baked pretzel dough
  • Divide dough into 4 equal sections.
    balls of dough on counter top
  • 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.
    ball of dough rolled out to 26" rope
  • Braid 3 of the ropes together.
    hands braided 3 strips of pretzel dough
  • Bring ends together and pinch to secure.
    hands bringing ends of pretzel braid together
  • 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.
    pretzel wreath 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.
    hand placing dough bow on pretzel wreath
  • 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.
    hands dipping pretzel wreath into warm water and baking soda
  • Place wreath on greased baking sheet. Sprinkle with kosher salt.
    Cover and let rise in a warm place 30 minutes.
    unbaked pretzel wreath on greased baking sheet
  • 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.
    hands brushing butter on pretzel wreath with pastry brush

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.

Nutrition

Calories: 190kcal