How to Make the Fluffiest Pretzel Buns
These Pretzel buns are simply dinner rolls laced with the signature taste and flavour traditional pretzels are known for. Perfect on its own with some butter or even as a side dish with your favourite soup.
Equipment
- Stand Mixer
- Microwave
Ingredients
The Dough
- 4 cups All-purpose flour
- 2 cups warm milk
- 2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted
- 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 Tsp salt
Baking Soda Bath
- 10 cups of water
- 3/4 cup of baking soda
Cinnamon Sugar
- 3 Tbsp white or brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, add in the warm milk, yeast and sugar, set aside for 5 minutes to activate the yeast, you should see a light foamy surface.
- Add in the flour, salt and half of the melted butter (the other half is for Step 7).
- Use a wooden spoon or spatula to begin mixing the dough till it comes together, the dough will end up being sticky but if it feels too sticky, you can add some flour as needed.
- Transfer to a floured surface and begin to knead the dough, or if using a stand mixer, knead on medium speed till the dough forms. Cover with plastic wrap and let it rise for 30 minutes or doubled in size in a warm place.
- Preheat oven to 400F, beat out air from the dough, transfer to an oiled surface, and divide into 12 equal portions, if you like the buns smaller, you can adjust the portions to get 14 sections. Shape each portion into a ball.
- Heat up your water in a large pot and let it come to a boil. Add in the baking soda and dip each dough ball into the baking soda bath, toss around for 30 seconds and take out, place each ball on the baking sheet.
- Bake in the oven for 22-25 minutes or brown to your liking. Take out, brush with the leftover melted butter and sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top.
Notes
Tips
- If you add your yeast to the warm milk and sugar, let it sit for 5 minutes and if it does not bloom (become slightly foamy on the surface), your yeast may be dead and this will prevent the dough from rising properly.
- After the dough balls are dipped in the baking soda bath, they will come out wrinkly, this is perfectly normal.
- When adding the baking soda to the boiled water, you may want to add it in gradually to avoid the bath from overflowing, this happens when too much baking soda is tossed in at once.