Soft Pretzels
Prep Time: 20 min.
Bake Time: 15-20 min.
Servings: 8
Difficulty: Beginning
Make these popular soft pretzels at home for the whole family to enjoy!
Ingredients
16 Rhodes Yeast Dinner Rolls, or 8 Rhodes Yeast Texas Rolls, dough thawed but still cold
1 tablespoon baking soda
melted butter
coarse salt
Instructions
- Roll 2 dinner rolls combined or one Texas roll into a 16-inch rope. Form into a pretzel shape. Repeat with remaining rolls and place on large sprayed baking sheets.
- Cover with sprayed plastic wrap and let rise 30-45 minutes.
- In a large saucepan, bring 6-inches of water with 2 tablespoons of baking soda to boil.
- Remove plastic wrap and slip pretzels, a few at a time, into gently boiling water. Boil each pretzel for 30 seconds on each side. Remove with slotted spoon; drain on cooling rack.
- Return to sprayed baking sheet. Bake immediately at 375 degrees F 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Top with melted butter and coarse salt. Or whatever toppings you desire!
For Freezer Meals
Prepare the pretzels finishing at step 5. Let them cool to room temperature before freezing them individually with freezer bags or plastic wrap. Wrap them in tinfoil if you plan to reheat them in the air fryer or oven.
Microwave
Wrap a damp paper towel over the pretzels and microwave for 1 minute and 15 seconds. Finish with step 6.
Oven
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Place the pretzel wrapped in tinfoil in the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Finish with step 6.
Air Fryer
Place pretzel wrapped in tinfoil in the air fryer basket at 350ºF for 7 minutes. Finish with step 6.
Darvel Silda
Consider using kosher sea salt.
Marilene LaSchiava
How would you do for pretzel sticks. The same but put straight. I would think?
Debbie from Rhodes
Yes. Just roll one of our Dinner Rolls into about an 6-inch rope after it is thawed. We also have a recipe on our website for pretzel rolls, that is very good. Hope you enjoy!
Cheri
Can i maje these a few days in advance snd reheat?
Debbie from Rhodes
I’m sure that will work. There are no preservatives in our products so you may want to keep them in the refrigerator until that time. Or store them in an air tight container until you reheat them.
Baker
Mine Came out crispy On the bottom and soggy/doughY on top. I think next tiMe, I’ll use a shorter boiling time and bake aT a lower temperature.
Debbie from Rhodes
Making pretzels can be frustrating at times. There are a few tips, that might help you. Watch the video that is connected to this recipe on our website http://www.rhodesbakenserv.com. That is a big help Also spray your parchment paper so they don’t stick to it which can make them soggy. Also season your pretzel after baking not before. I hope this helps you! You can always call our Customer Satisfaction department and speak with one of our baking experts if you need to. 1-800-876-7333 They are happy to help!
Roma Pate
Where are all the recipes for making rolls out of the sweet dough
Debbie from Rhodes
There is not much distribution of our Sweet Dough across the country. So we no longer make any of the recipes that we put on our website with the Sweet Dough. Mostly because it is frustrating to those who cannot find it in their store. But if you are one of the lucky ones that has access to the Sweet Dough, you can certainly substitute it in any of our “sweet” recipes.