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Vacation has been good to me. I’ve had lots of time to bake cookies, cakes, and most recently, these delicious homemade soft pretzels.
Some of you may know that I adore soft pretzels. I started my affair when living in Germany, where every bakery would sell them fresh and delicious. It’s also a welcome treat at a Red Sox game. I know, I know… at $4.50 it’s such a rip-off, but it’s the experience I look forward to more than the food. And for a non-Fenway-Frank-eating vegetarian, it’s something to stave off the between-inning hunger, you know? And with that yummy yellow mustard? I can’t help myself.
Anyway, I discovered today that soft pretzels are incredibly easy and fun to make, and within about 2 hours (most of that in the rising or baking time), you can be munching on your own. I used Alton Brown’s Homemade Soft Pretzel recipe.
Here’s a close-up!
The recipe makes 8 pretzels in all, but I made 4 pretzels and 4 rolls (I do love a good pretzel roll!) The salt is course sea salt, lovingly procured by my husband yesterday as my obsession was forming. I love being able to put on my own amount of salt – I’m generally a big salt fan, but not so much of the overwhelming amounts of salt on pretzels sometimes.
I will be making these again (and again, and again)!
Posted by robyn on December 30th, 2009 under cooking, crafts11 Responses to “Homemade soft pretzels”
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January 1st, 2010 at 8:56 am
Those look delicious! I am a soft pretzel freak myself, and so are my kids. We may have to try these…
January 1st, 2010 at 5:03 pm
My boys are going to want to move in with you- your treats are awesome!
January 2nd, 2010 at 3:42 pm
They were so good I’ve already made them again! They’re easy – you should try them!
January 4th, 2010 at 10:56 am
I have been dreaming of these since you first posted them. I am totally going to make some soon.
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January 4th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Laurie, you totally, totally should. And eat them fast! They dry out quickly. No need to pace yourself.
January 6th, 2010 at 8:06 am
I saw these on your flickr and made them immediately last night. They are hands down the BEST soft pretzels I have ever had. I am a super soft pretzel snob too. SO GOOD! I made an awesome cheese dipping sauce with them with some good expensive cheddar and it just made them even more perfect.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Cheese-Dipping-Sauce/Detail.aspx
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January 6th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Jaime, glad the recipe worked for you. Beware – they are addictive! I think you just took these pretzels to another level with the cheese sauce, too. Drool.
January 10th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Hi! I cam to visit your blog via your gorgeous Hope Valley quilt! I was just thinking about homemade pretzels today and wishing that I had a good recipe to try. Thanks for sharing this one, can’t wait to make my own!
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November 18th, 2013 at 10:07 am
thanks – these are the best!
I also used to live in Germany too but I ate more Milka chocolate and spaetzle than preztels 🙂
May 15th, 2015 at 11:33 am
I am going to make these to serve with my homemade vegetable soup in a few days, as I have relatives arriving for lunch. I can’t wait, although I will have to refrain from having any because I can’t eat carbs right now. (Diabetes problems) Thanks for the recipe, it looks delicious.