Auntie Anne's Pretzel Recipe (copycat)

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Auntie Anne's Pretzel Recipe (copycat)

Yes, you can make your own Auntie Anne's Pretzels at home with this Copycat Recipe.

Course Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword homemade soft pretzels

Prep Time 1 15

Cook Time 10

Total Time 1 25

Servings

Calories 319kcal

Author Mom Foodie Contributor

Ingredients

Pretzels

1 ¼ cups warm water
1 package active dry yeast
3 ¾ cups all purpose flour
¾ cup powdered sugar
1 ½ teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
¼ cup butter melted
pretzel salt if you can’t find pretzel salt any coarse salt will also work

Pretzel Soda Bath

4 cups warm water
½ cup baking soda

Instructions

In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast in warm water. Set aside for a few minutes until it starts to get foamy.
In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar and salt. Add in the yeast water and vegetable oil.
Mix into a dough.
Knead the dough for 5 minutes until it is nice and smooth.
Lightly oil a bowl and place dough inside. Cover and let rise in a warm space for 45 minutes or until it doubles in size.
Preheat your oven to 425 degrees F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
You will want an area that will allow you to spread out a bit. You will need to create a water bath by mixing water and baking soda in a large pan. Stir until the baking soda mostly dissolves and bring to a gentle boil. reduce to simmer.
Place a few paper towels on a plate and set next to your water bath. You will also need a parchment lined or lightly greased baking sheet.
Divide the dough into 8 equal pieces.
Roll each portion into a dough ball, then roll and stretch to make 3 foot long rope. (Remember making snakes with Play-Doh when you were younger? It’s time to put those skills to action again!)
Pick up both ends of the dough and give it a little spin so the middle of the dough spins around itself.
Then flip the twisted ends down toward you to create the traditional pretzel look. Pinch the ends in place.
Dip the pretzel in the baking soda bath and let drip on the paper towel for any excess water to drain off.
Place the pretzels on your baking sheet and sprinkle with coarse salt.
Bake pretzels for 4 minutes. Then turn the baking sheet and cook for 5 more minutes. When golden brown the pretzels are done.
Melt the butter. Then baste the pretzels with the melted butter.

Notes

* If you prefer, coat buttered pretzels with cinnamon sugar (granulated or brown sugar) rather than coarse salt. Adding a little sea salt to the cinnamon sugar would make them even better.

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