Soft Pretzels
also called Bavarian pretzel · brezel · laugenbrezel
- Bakery
- serves 8
- about 2 hr
- Breads
Three ways to read this recipe
The table
| 1 1/2 cups(355 mL)warm water | stir, stand 10 min | add and knead 8 min | cover, rise until doubled | divide into eight ropes, twist | dip 30 sec in the soda bath | egg-wash, salt, bake 450°F 14 min |
| 2 Tbs(27 g)light brown sugar | ||||||
| 2 1/4 tsp(7 g)instant yeast | ||||||
| 4 1/2 cups(610 g)bread flour | ||||||
| 2 tsp(12 g)table salt | ||||||
| 4 Tbs(55 g)melted unsalted butter | ||||||
| 2/3 cup(150 g)baking soda | ||||||
| 1 largebeaten egg | ||||||
| 2 Tbspretzel salt | ||||||
What to lay out
Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.9 things to get out.
1stir, stand 10 min
2add and knead 8 min
goes in with what step 1 made
5dip 30 sec in the soda bath
goes in with what step 4 made
6egg-wash, salt, bake 450°F 14 min
goes in with what step 5 made
Cooking it
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The clock
- Start to finish
- at least 1 hr 33 mintwo waits that overlap count once
- Needs you
- 9 minof the steps that give a time
One of the 6 steps never says how long it takes, so both numbers are floors. 30 sec of that is counted as needing you only because the step never said otherwise. The recipe itself says 2 hr.
stir, stand 10 min
10 minwalk away(read off the step)from the start
add and knead 8 min
8 minneeds you(read off the step)10 min in
cover, rise until doubled
1 hrwalk away(read off the step)18 min in
divide into eight ropes, twist
not timed1 hr 18 min in
dip 30 sec in the soda bath
30 secneeds you(assumed)1 hr 18 min in
egg-wash, salt, bake 450°F 14 min
14 minwalk away(read off the step)1 hr 19 min in
- needs you
- you can walk away
- never timed
Drawn to scale, so a long wait really does take up the room it takes. The shortest stretches keep a sliver so they stay visible; their times are printed beside them. The minutes are always the recipe’s own; a dashed edge means we worked out from the step whether you have to be there, and a dotted one means nothing was said, so we assumed you are standing over it.
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See how it is written
>> title: Soft Pretzels
>> category: Breads
>> tags: bread, pretzels, snack, boiled, oven
>> counters: Bakery
>> aka: Bavarian pretzel, brezel, laugenbrezel
>> pairs-with: cheddar-cheese-sauce
>> servings: 8
>> time: 2 hr
>> step.1: stir, stand 10 min
>> step.2: add and knead 8 min
>> step.3: cover, rise until doubled
>> step.4: divide into eight ropes, twist
>> step.5: dip 30 sec in the soda bath
>> step.6: egg-wash, salt, bake 450°F 14 min
Stir @warm water{1 1/2%cup}(355 mL) with @light brown sugar{2%Tbs}(27 g) and @instant yeast{2 1/4%tsp}(7 g), then let stand ~{10%min}.
Add @bread flour{4 1/2%cup}(610 g), @table salt{2%tsp}(12 g), and @melted unsalted butter{4%Tbs}(55 g) to @&(~1)yeast mixture{}, then knead ~{8%min}.
Cover @&(~1)dough{} and rise until doubled, ~{1%hour}.
Divide @&(~1)dough{} into eight ropes and twist into pretzels.
Dip @&(~1)pretzels{} for ~{30%sec} into boiling water with @baking soda{2/3%cup}(150 g).
Brush @&(~1)pretzels{} with @beaten egg{1%large}, sprinkle with @pretzel salt{2%Tbs}, and bake at 450°F for ~{14%min}.