So anyone that knows my husband will tell you how much he loves the pretzels from the mall. It is so funny because he will make a trip to the mall for anything so he can get a pretzel. It just got me thinking.. what is in those mall pretzels. I definitely wont get an answer to that question but I had been seeing lots of copy cat recipes on Pinterest and they all seemed to make a dozen pretzels, which no family of 3 needs. So I did a trial run with one of the recipes and reduced the recipe down… needless to say they tasted OK but the looked really funny. I mean really funny.
So I did another trial and fixed the recipe and they really do taste very close to the ones at the mall. Hubby was happy about the results and the little one danced around. When I looked I realized why they made the recipe for 12 because those 6 were gone in a flash. No sharing whatsoever.
Pretzel Heaven! Auntie Annie's Mall Pretzel Copycat
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk
- 1 1/2 Tbsp active dry yeast or 2 packets
- 6 Tbsp packed light-brown sugar
- 4 Tbsp butter, at room temperature
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, and up to an additional 1/2 cup as needed
- 2 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup baking soda
- 3 cups warm water
- coarse salt , to taste
- 6 Tbsp butter , melted
Instructions
- Warm milk in a microwave safe bowl in microwave (or over stove top in a small saucepan) until temperature of milk reaches 110 degrees, about 1 1/2 - 2 minutes on HIGH power.
- Pour milk and yeast in the bowl of an electric stand mixer and whisk together until yeast has dissolved, let rest 5 minutes.
- Add brown sugar, 4 tbsp softened butter, 1 cup flour and 2 tsp fine sea salt to milk mixture and using the whisk attachment, stir until blended.
- Switch attachment to a dough hook, add remaining 3 1/2 cups flour and kneaded mixture on medium low speed until elastic.
- Mix in up to an additional 1/2 cup flour, as needed, until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and allow dough to rise in warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Line two baking sheets with Silpats or parchment paper. Punch dough down several times to release any air pockets. Divide dough into 12 equal pieces* and cover loosely with plastic wrap.
- Roll each piece out into a long, thin rope about 32 - 36 inches long. Form dough rope into a pretzel shape.
- In a shallow bowl, whisk together baking soda and warm water then fully immerse pretzel into water mixture.
- Place on prepared baking sheet, reshape as needed and sprinkle with coarse salt. Repeat this process with remaining dough.
- Bake pretzels in preheated oven 7 - 11 minutes until golden brown
- Remove from oven and brush pretzels with melted butter.
- Serve warm with optional dipping sauce.
Nutrition Facts
Pretzel Heaven! Auntie Annie's Mall Pretzel Copycat
Serves: 12
|
Amount Per Serving: 1 pretzel
|
||
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 302 | |
| % Daily Value* | ||
| Total Fat 10 g | 15.4% | |
| Saturated Fat 6 g | 30% | |
| Trans Fat | ||
| Cholesterol 28 mg | 9.3% | |
| Sodium 1409 mg | 58.7% | |
| Total Carbohydrate 44 g | 14.7% | |
| Dietary Fiber 1 g | 4% | |
| Sugars 7 g | ||
| Protein 6 g | ||
| Vitamin A 335IU | Vitamin C .01 mg | |
| Calcium 64 mg | Iron 2.3 mg | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Our Urban Eden
Recent Comments