DISH RESEARCH · Snack
Pretzels
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Sally McKenney’s selected soft pretzels make an instant-yeast dough with brown sugar and unsalted butter, shape it into twisted loops, briefly boil it in a separate baking-soda bath and bake with coarse salt.
About Pretzels
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Sally McKenney presents a family preparation for soft pretzels with a short dough rest. This account selects instant yeast, brown sugar and unsalted butter, with coarse salt as the topping.
Yeast and sugar are stirred into warm dough water, then melted butter, salt and flour join. The same flour is added in stages, including small amounts for kneading as needed, until the dough remains soft and slightly tacky.
After resting, portions of dough are rolled into ropes, twisted and pressed into pretzel shapes. This selection uses silicone-lined baking sheets, so the separate parchment-greasing option is not part of the preparation.
A separate pot of water and baking soda forms the boiling bath. Each shaped pretzel is briefly immersed, lifted and allowed to drip before coarse salt is sprinkled on top and the pretzel bakes until dark golden.
The author associates the bath with characteristic pretzel flavour, a chewy exterior and a soft interior. The selected finished pretzels are served warm, with her offered spicy nacho cheese sauce kept as an optional separate accompaniment.
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