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Laugenbrezeln—or soft pretzels—are popular German snacks between meals. Unlike in the US, Germans eat soft pretzels with butter—not mustard or cheese sauce for dipping. Authentic German pretzels are a little smaller and not as fat as the kind you get at the county fair or local food stand.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook authentic german pretzels using 10 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Authentic German Pretzels:

1. Make ready 500 grams ◆Bread (strong) flour (type 550 in Germany)
2. Get 1 tsp ◆Salt
3. Take 1 tsp ◆Sugar
4. Take 20 grams Butter
5. Take 1 sachet Dry yeast
6. Take 250 ml Lukewarm water
7. Prepare 1 Coarse salt
8. Make ready 1 here i used 3% For the Laugenwasser - alkaline water to poach the dough (2-4%)
9. Prepare 1 liter Lukewarm water
10. Get 30 grams NaOH (food-grade lye)

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Steps to make Authentic German Pretzels:

1. Put the ◆ dry ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
2. Put the yeast in lukewarm water and dissolve. Add the yeast water and butter to the bowl and knead well. (or use a bread machine).
3. After kneading for 10 minutes, the dough will come together like this. This dough is on the stiff side.
4. Divide the dough into 6 portions, and round them off.
5. How to make pretzels: Roll out about 40 cm long, with thin ends and a fat middle.
6. Twist the ends together once, and make a heart shape. If the dough won't stick to itself, use a little water to help it stick.
7. I tried making other shapes too. Butter a baking tray. If you use parchment paper, the alkaline nature of the lye in the Laugenwasser may rip it.
8. Since you'll be using NaOH (lye), put on protective gloves and protective goggles.
9. Put the lye in a pan, and pour in lukewarm water. If you add boiling water the lye may spit, so don't do that!
10. Boil the formed dough from step 7 in the alkaline water. When the dough turns yellow take it out with tongs, and put in the buttered baking tray. Boil the dough for 15 to 30 seconds.
11. This is the dough after it's been poached. Can you tell that the dough has turned a bit yellow? Let it rest like this for 15 minutes. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
12. Use a knife to slash the tops of the rolls, sprinkle on some coarse salt and put in the oven. (Be sure to put on gloves.) Bake for 15 to 20 minutes and they're done.
13. This is a Bretzel (pretzel). The name of the bread changes depending on the shape/
14. This is a Laugenstange.
15. This is a Broetchen (a little roll).
16. To make an alkaline Laugenwasser using bicarbonate of soda: Put 2 tablespoons of bicarbonate of soda in 750 ml of water. I boiled the dough for 30 seconds per side. The color is different from the ones boiled in lye water, but they are just as delicious.

German Pretzels are popular all over the world. In German it is called Bretzel, Brezl, or Breze, in Bavaria/Austria Brezn. That is how the pretzel was invented, as we know it today, and is as legend tells us, apparently a Bavarian invention. However, this does not apply to the form of the pretzel. SAVEUR Executive Food Editor demonstrates how to roll the perfect chewy and crusty pretzels at home, using a few simple techniques.

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