Pretzel rolls that make great alternatives to standard dinner rolls or use as slider buns.
Course Bread
Cuisine American
Keyword pretzel rolls
Prep Time 25 minutesminutes
Cook Time 40 minutesminutes
Rising Dough 1 hourhour
Total Time 1 hourhour5 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Calories 269kcal
Ingredients
1cupmilk
4Tablespoonsbutterdivided
2 ¼teaspoonsyeast
2Tablespoonsbrown sugar
3cupsflour
8cupswater
½cupbaking soda
1egg
Sea saltcoarse
Instructions
Preparing Dough
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the milk and 2 Tablespoons of butter.
Heat to 125 degrees F (hot but not boiling) and remove from heat.
Stir the yeast and brown sugar into the milk mixture and let proof for up to 5 minutes.
Pour the milk mixture into a large bowl and stir in flour (with a spoon or with your hands).
Knead for 5 minutes, and then cover with plastic wrap and place in a warm spot of your kitchen.
After an hour, the dough should be doubled in size.
Shaping and Boiling
Punch down the risen dough and divide into 8 even balls.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and Grease a cookie sheet , set aside.
Place 8 cups of water and the baking soda in a large stockpot and bring to a boil over high heat.
Drop the rolls into the boiling water, two at a time, for two minutes, turning once.
Use a slotted spoon to remove the rolls from the boiling water and place on greased cookie sheet.
Baking the Rolls
After boiling all of the rolls, make two or three small cuts to the top of the roll to allow steam to come out.
Combine the egg and 1 teaspoon water and brush over the rolls, then sprinkle on sea salt.
Bake at 400 degrees F for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees F for remaining 10-12 minutes.
Remove from oven. Set on wire racks to cool.
Notes
Nutrition calculations based on using ½ tablespoon of sea salt to top the rolls and a 1 teaspoon residual amount of baking soda from boiling. These are estimates, as are all nutritional calculations presented here.