Pretzels

Name: Pretzels
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 3 h
Cuisine: German, European
Ingredients: 500g/1lb 2oz strong white flour; 10g salt; 7g/¼oz fast-action yeast; 40g/1½oz butter, softened; 1 tbsp malt extract; 280ml/9½fl oz milk; 2 oranges, zest only; 50g/1¾oz poppy seeds; oil, for greasing; 21g/¾oz bicarbonate of soda; 20g/¾oz rock salt; 50g/1¾oz sesame seeds; 3 oranges, juice of 3, zest of 1 cut into thin slithers; 125g/4½oz sugar

Instructions

Prep:2hCook:1h

The technique for shaping pretzels is tricky, but once you’ve got the hang of it you’ll return to this recipe time and again. There’s enough dough for six sweet orange and poppy seed pretzels and six savoury salted pretzels.

Updated at: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:04:49 GMT