![]() – They are done when they show a golden brown color. ![]() – Place them on a greased baking tray (don’t use baking paper), and bake them for 18 minutes on 220 C or 425 F – don’t pre-heat the oven. – Place each pretzel into the boiling soda water for about 30 seconds with a slotted spoon take them out, let them drip and sprinkle coarse salt on top. Before the hour is over bring 1 liter water to a boil and dissolve 3 tbsp baking soda (not at once, slowly because the soda will cause the water to become quite bubbly). – Place it in the fridge and let it rest for 1 hour. – Form pretzels and let them raise for another 15 minutes. – Of each dough piece make a 30cm long roll the ends should be thinner than the middle. – Sprinkle flour on a baking board and knead thoroughly with your hands, then form a roll and cut it in 16 to 18 parts of the same size. Let it raise again for 1/2 hr at a warm place. Brush with egg wash (1egg + 1 tbsp water), sprinkle on salt and pop into the oven to bake for about 15-20 minutes. – Mix this dough with salt, flour, milk and 40g butter knead it until you get a smooth dough. Add the pretzel dough into the water and boil for 45 seconds on one side before flipping and boiling for another 45 seconds on the other side. – Combine yeast with some drops of milk and sugar let raise for 15 minutes at room temperature. The German SURVIVAL BOX with Non-Perishable Food Items ![]() Read More about Baking Soda or Natron (in German only). This is a proven recipe and the pretzel taste like from a German bakery. This is what gives the pretzel its unique color and flavor. It is responsible not only for the nice brown color but also for the unique taste. In German this mixture is called Natronlauge. It helps to bring about the brown color that will occur during the baking process. It consists out of flour, malt, salt, yeast and water.īefore baking, the formed pretzel is dunked briefly (just some seconds) in a mixture of sodium hydroxide and water (ph 13-14). The most popular pretzel is the so called Laugenbretzel. Since the 14th century the Pretzel is the symbol of the German bakers guild. In German it is called Bretzel, Brezl, or Breze, in Bavaria/Austria Brezn, in Vienna Brezerl, in Swabia Bretzle. German Pretzels are popular all over the world.
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