Hot Buttered Soft Pretzels

Name: Hot Buttered Soft Pretzels
Yield: 8 pretzels
Ingredients: 300 g Bread Flour; 6 g Table salt; 1 tsp Granulated sugar; 7 g Instant yeast; 198 g Water; 227 g Water; 28 g Baking soda; 43 g Unsalted butter; as needed Coarse salt

Golden pretzels finished with warm melted butter.

1 hour 10 minutes8 pretzels

Ingredients

Ingredients for8 pretzels
Ingredient	Amount
Dough
Bread Flour	300 g
Table salt	6 g
Granulated sugar	1 tsp
Instant yeast	7 g
WaterRange: 198–227g.	198 g
Soda bath
WaterBoiling.	227 g
Baking soda	28 g
Finish
Unsalted butterMelted.	43 g
Coarse saltOptional; use only as needed.	as needed

Method

1
Knead the dough ingredients until elastic and proof covered for 30 minutes. Dissolve baking soda in the boiling topping water; let it cool.
2
Divide dough into eight pieces, rest 5 minutes, then roll long ropes and twist into pretzels.
3
Soak each in the lukewarm soda bath for 2 minutes. Place on a lined tray, add coarse salt and rest 10 minutes.
4
Bake at 245°C/475°F for 8–9 minutes. Brush the hot pretzels with melted butter.