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Best pretzel rolls recipe - simple homemade lye rolls

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Best pretzel bread rolls recipe and pretzel sticks recipe for classic salty pretzel rolls recipe. Homemade pretzel rolls quickly and easily. Ingredients
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Delicious, simple and best pretzel rolls recipe and pretzel breadsticks recipe for classic salty bread rolls. These pretzel rolls are quick and easy to bake yourself with simple ingredients and are super soft and delicious. Traditional pretzel rolls with wheat flour, yeast, milk, butter and a bicarbonate of soda water bath.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Waiting Time 50 minutes
baking time 25 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Course Appetizer & Starter, Breads & Brioches, Breakfast
Cuisine German
Servings 10 rolls
Calories 267 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 stand mixer
  • 1 glass bowl
  • 1 cooking pot large with approx. 2.5 liter capacity
  • 1 baking tray with holes
  • 1 baking paper

Ingredients
 
 

Base lye dough

  • 500 g all-purpose flour
  • 130 ml water warm
  • 130 ml whole milk 3,5% warm
  • 75 g margarine vegetable (e.g., sunflower) fluid
  • 7 g instant yeast
  • 1 tea spoon salt fine

Water bath with lye

  • 1,5 liter water
  • 3 table spoon baking soda

Additional topping

  • 1 table spoon coarse sea salt
  • 50 g grated cheese like Gouda, Emmentaler

Recipe-Instruction
 

  • Combine the ingredients for the dough and mix until a uniform dough is formed.
    500 g (4 cups) all-purpose flour
    130 ml (4.5 floz) water
    130 ml (4.5 floz) whole milk 3,5%
    75 g (2.65 oz) margarine vegetable (e.g., sunflower)
    7 g (0.25 oz) instant yeast
    1 tea spoon (1 tsp) salt
  • Cover the dough in a glass bowl and leave to rest for at least 50 minutes. Start 50 minutes timer here
  • When the dough has doubled in size, knead on a work surface and divide into 10 equal pieces - then shape into round bread rolls. Alternatively, you can also form long sticks or pretzels.
  • Now bring 1.5 liters of water to the boil in a pan. Then add three tablespoons of baking soda to the hot water. Caution - the water foams up extremely quickly, which is why you should not use a small pan!
    1,5 liter (6⅓ cups) water
    3 table spoon (3 EL) baking soda
  • The pretzel rolls are now lowered into the water one by one. They sink briefly and then come back to the surface. They can stay under water for about 5-20 seconds. Then place them on a baking tray with holes and baking paper.
  • You can now cut into the dipped pretzel rolls with a sharp knife - either in the shape of a cross or by letting them tear open under their own steam in the oven. You can also add coarse salt and cheese, such as Gouda or Emmental, as crumbles for a cheese pretzel bread roll.
    1 table spoon (1 EL) coarse sea salt
    50 g (½ cups) grated cheese
  • Place the prepared bread rolls in the oven preheated to 160 °C and bake for about 25 minutes. Start 25 minutes timer here

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Best pretzel rolls recipe - simple homemade lye rolls
Amount Per Serving
Calories 267 Calories from Fat 81
% Daily Value*
Fat 9g14%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 3g
Cholesterol 7mg2%
Sodium 1808mg79%
Potassium 89mg3%
Carbohydrates 39g13%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 7g14%
Vitamin A 340IU7%
Vitamin C 0.02mg0%
Calcium 67mg7%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Keyword bread rolls & bread buns, brioche buns, brunch, crispy rolls, dark buns, lye, lye pastry, pretzel rolls, salty rolls, squashy buns, wheat rolls, white flour buns
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