Philly Style Pretzels Recipes

PHILLY STYLE SOFT PRETZELS

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water in large mixing bowl.
• Stir in teaspoon salt, sugar and 2-cups of flour.
• Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour t make dough easy to handle.
• Turn dough onto lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic. (about 5-minutes).
• Place in greased bowl; turn greased side up. Cover: let rise until doubled (about 60-minutes). Dough is ready if an indentation remains when touched.
• Heat oven to 425°.
• Punch down dough and cut into 16-equal parts. Roll each part into a rope about 18� long. Twist each rope into a pretzel shape.
• Brush pretzels with beaten egg and sprinkle coarse salt. Bake until pretzels are golden brown (about 15-20 minutes).
• If using self-rising flour omit 1-teaspoon of salt.

PHILLY-STYLE PRETZELS

Steps:

• Mix the sugar, water and yeast; stir to dissolve.
• (If you're using instant yeast, skip this step, simply combining all of the ingredients at once.) Add the white wheat flour, malt, salt, and enough unbleached flour to make a soft (but not sticky) dough.
• Knead well, place in a bowl, and let rise till doubled.
• Divide the dough into 16 pieces.
• Roll each piece into a log, and shape the logs into pretzels.
• In a large pot, boil together 6 cups of water and 2 tablespoons baking soda.
• Put 4 pretzels at a time into the boiling water, and cook for 1 minute.
• Transfer boiled pretzels to a lightly greased baking sheet.
• When all the pretzels have been cooked, paint them with an egg glaze (1 egg mixed with 1 tablespoon water) and sprinkle with salt or seeds (if desired), then bake in a preheated 450°F oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the pretzels are well-browned.

ONE BIG PHILLY PRETZEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven 450 degrees F.
• Lightly flour a clean work surface. Knead dough into a ball. Roll dough out into a large rope. Form a large figure-8 with the dough on a baking sheet. Brush with the egg and sprinkle generously with salt. Bake 15 to 20 minutes until risen and nicely browned.
• Let cool before serving. Serve with good, spicy mustard.