Homemade Pretzel Rolls
The BEST Recipe for homemade pretzel rolls that you can make all year long, even when stores only sell these seasonally.
Equipment
- Large Bowl
- Parchment Paper
- Baking Stone
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups Warm Water
- 2 1/4 tsp Yeast
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 Tbsp Sugar
- 3 3/4 - 4 1/4 cups Flour
- 1 Egg
- Pretzel Salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
- Line a baking stone, or a baking sheet, with parchment paper.
- Dissolve 2 1/4 teaspoon yeast into 1 1/2 cup warm water in a large bowl and then stir for 1-minute.
- Add 1 teaspoon salt and 1 Tablespoon sugar to the water and yeast and then stir to combine.
- Then mix flour, one cup at a time, into the water and yeast mixture with a wooden spoon.
- Add the final 3/4 cup of flour and mix until the dough is no longer sticky.
- Knead the dough on a floured surface for 3-minutes until it is a soft dough.
- Cut the dough into six even pieces and then roll into a ball.
- Flatten the middles of each and then use a knife to cut an X into the center of each.
- Crack an egg into a small bowl and then beat it with a fork, then using a pastry brush, brush the egg onto each pretzel dough ball making sure to brush the edges well.
- Sprinkle pretzel salt on the tops of the rolls.
- Place baking pan into the oven and then bake for 10-13 minutes.
- Place the oven setting to broil and then bake for an additional 5 minutes to make the outside browned.
- Remove from the oven and rest until cool.