Parmesan Pretzels
Pretzel-in-a-basket
Told you I was stuck on bread and ice cream! Just can’t think past that at the moment…work recipes are sucking my brains out through my taste buds I fear, but all to good result. Those big buttery pretzels you buy in a popular chain right now are so overpriced, that my Scottish heritage came to the fore and I just had to see what could be done about it. A lot, it would seem! After a less successful attempt, I tried again and frankly these were literally gone in minutes…(office staff, you know who you are)! Now I have to try again, just so the family can taste them…and how about trying cinnamon sugar, maple icing, lemon glaze, fruit into the dough, olives into the dough, pepperoni and cream cheese into the dough….oh heaven…should I stop now? So many options, so few occasions to eat pretzels!
NEED:
2 teaspoons yeast granules
290-300 grams cold milk
20 grams olive oil
80 grams sugar
550 grams bakers flour
good pinch salt
100 grams bicarb soda
Bowl of hot water
extra sea salt and melted butter for topping and/or cinnamon sugar, grated parmesan etc.
DO:
Place yeast, milk, oil and 1 tsp of the sugar into Thermomix bowl and blend for a few seconds on speed 5. Warm through for 3 minutes on 37oC on speed 2.
Add remaining sugar, flour and salt and mix for 10 seconds on speed 7.
With dial set to closed lid position, knead at Interval setting for 2-3 minutes. If the dough is dry or wet at this point add additional water or flour as needed! (You need a firm dough for pretzels.)
Wrap in oiled bread mat and set in warm place to double.
Meanwhile, pre heat oven to 220oC and if you have a pizza stone, heat in oven at the same time.
Place bicarb soda into hot water and dissolve with fork.
Divide dough into a bakers dozen (13…really!) and then form pretzels by rolling long ‘snakes’ out of each piece. Holding each end of the dough, hit the bread mat a few times to lengthen and even out the dough. Make large pretzel shape, push joins together and then dip into cooled bicarb water before placing directly onto heated pizza stone, (or paper lined baking tray). Cook for about 8 minutes until golden brown, remove and cool slightly before brushing with melted butter and sprinkling with toppings of choice.
You’ll never buy one of those delicious, yet over priced pretzels again, and alongside the whole Seinfeld crew, you’ll be telling everyone that ‘these pretzels are making me thirsty’!
Thanks so much for visiting! I would be all over these pretzels. I have had a craving for them recently but have been too lazy to make them myself so I’ve resorted to frozen. I know, I know, it is so sad. I need to get over my laziness and make some, these look wonderful.
These are just great, thanks so much Tenina!!
Oh wow, that looks absolutely delicious!
Mmmmmmm, these would be a tasty treat right about now.
I adore pretzels like this – I have an old recipe that had caustic soda in it !!! I will have to find my old recipe book. Thanks
Hi there, i saw you mentioned somewhere that you can come and do home demonstrations. I would really be interested in one. My husband bought me a thermo for my birthday and I am not that great with reading instructions. I like to jump right in… but I just don’t know what I am doing.Please email if you can help. Thanks
Joie de vivre -there is no ‘joie’ in frozen pretzels! Zut allor!
Hamish and Angie, they were greatly delicious!!
Tasty treat anytime Duo Dishes…still waiting on your bread forays!!
Tammy send me your caustic soda recipe??? Fascinating if not dangerous! Love extreme!
Nicole, I suggest you contact Thermomix in your state and find out about cooking classes. They are fantastic and will really help you!
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Hi Tenina, loved your site, I hope you are responding to all these comments
Sure am Debbie…love comments, can’t get enough, so keep them coming! hahaha
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