Copycat Hersheypark Soft Pretzel Recipe

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

1. Begin with the warm water (100-110 degrees is ideal) and yeast and mix in your mixing bowl. Allow the yeast to activate for a minute or two.

Step 2

2. Add all other ingredients and, using a dough hook, mix until a dough ball forms. This should take about five minutes. If your dough ball is too tacky, add a small amount of extra all-purpose flour. If it's too dry, add a small amount of extra water.

Step 3

3. Remove the dough ball, set it in a bowl lightly greased with cooking spray and cover with plastic wrap. Let the dough ball proof (rise) for 30-45 minutes.

Step 4

4. Using a pizza cutter wheel, slice off a "rope" of the dough. This rope should be approximately 1/10 of the initial dough ball. Think of making 10 pretzels of equal size from the dough ball.

Step 5

5. Using both hands, roll this dough piece back and forth to expand and stretch the rope. Your goal should be to have a finished rope that is ¾ to 1 inch in diameter and 32 inches long.

Step 6

6. Twist the rope into a pretzel shape.

Step 7

7. Quickly dunk the pretzel in the baking soda and water mixture and place it on a flat pan fitted with a silicone baking sheet.

Step 8

8. You may at this point decide to have your pretzel proof a little longer.

Step 9

9. Commercially-baked pretzels are typically cooked at higher temperatures that can't be achieved with an at-home oven. For the at-home recipe, bake pretzels for six minutes at 450 F, rotating once during the baking process.

Step 10

10. Remove pretzels from the oven and brush them with butter. If desired, sprinkle cinnamon sugar or pretzel salt on top. Suggested dough add-ins: raisin, jalapeño, chocolate chips, garlic salt.

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