Homemade Low Carb Soft Pretzels
Make your own homemade soft pretzels with this recipe.
Servings: 8 -10 large pretzels
Ingredients
- Warm Water- 1 ½ cups 110 degrees
- Sugar- 1 tablespoon needed for yeast, any alternative needs sugar in it
- Kosher Salt- 1 tablespoon
- Active Dry Yeast- 2 packages
- Carbalose flour- 4 ½ cups see post
- Butter- ½ stick melted
- Vegetable or olive oil or cooking spray
- Water- 8-10 cups to fill a large pot
- Egg Yolk+water- 1 yolk + 1 tablespoon water
- Baking soda- ⅔ cup
- Toppings such as large salt seeds, minced garlic etc. As needed.
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine together the warm water, the sugar,and the salt. Sprinkle the yeast on top and allow to sit for about 7 minutes or until a foam begins.
- To the mixing bowl, add the carbalose and the butter. We will need to mix this so using a dough hook attachment is suggested. Mix for 3 minutes on low and then increase the speed. You will be mixing for at least 5 minutes or until the dough seems to loose it's ability to be stick to the sides. If the dough still sticks to the sides of the bowl after 7 minutes, sprinkle about (a total of) a teaspoon of the flour over the sticky areas.
- While the dough is mixing, coat the inside of another bowl with vegetable oil. Spray will work as well (I use spray or olive oil)
- Place the mixed dough into the oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap or a clean kitchen towel, and allow to rise for an hour.
- After an hour, preheat your oven to 450 and prep baking pans for nonstick. Parchment paper sprayed with cooking spray is how I like to prep my pans.
- Meanwhile, in a large pot, bring the 8-10 cups of water with the baking soda to a boil. Basically, fill a large pot with water, add the baking soda and boil it.
- While the water is heating up, you can divide up the dough and roll the pieces into their pretzel shapes. This dough should make from 8-10 large pretzels. After you have made each individual pretzel, place it on the prepped pan. Also at this time, in a small bowl, combine the egg yolk and the water if you have not done so as of yet.
- When the water boils, you are ready to dip each pretzel, one at a time, into the water and allow it to sit there for ½ minute. Carefully remove the pretzel from the boiling water and replace it on the prepped pan. Then move on to the next pretzel.
- When your pretzels have been boiled (yay) brush the egg white and water mix over each pretzel and then top with your selected toppings.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes or until you have achieved your desired brown color. Allow to cool a bit before serving.
Recipe Notes
See post for details on ingredients
Carbalose flour can be found easily online
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