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Pretzels Recipe

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Old Dough Method


Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
8.5 ozs. Old Dough
2 lbs. Bread Flour
.5 oz. Instant Yeast
19.5 fl ozs. Water (temp comtrolled)
.5 ozs. Salt
1.5 ozs. Unsalted butter
as needed Coarse Salt

Poaching Liquid:
1 Gallon of Water
2 oz. of Baking Soda

Directions:
Directions:
Prepare the Old Dough and allow it to ferment 6-12 hours. Place the flour, yeast, water, salt and butter in a bowl of a mixer fitted with a dough hook. Mix on low speed until well combined. Increase the speed to medium and knead until the dough reaches (75 degrees F). Add the Old Dough in small pieces, kneading until the dough is incorporated. Scrape the dough on to a floured surface or into a large bowl. Cover the dough and ferment 1 hour.Punch down the dough, cover and ferment another 30 minutes. Divide the dough into 3-ounce pieces and round. Cover to prevent drying. Roll each piece into into 15 inch ropes, pressing to taper the ends. To form each pretel, cross over the ends of a rope of dough to form a 4 inch loop. Twist the ends two times. Lift the twisted ends and fold them back onto the loop to make the pretzel shape. Tranfer the formed dough onto lightly oiled sheet pans. Proof covered until the pretzels have increased 50% in volume. Uncover, then place the proofed dough into the refrigerator until the dough develops a light crust, approximately 40 minutes or as long as overnight. Prepare the poaching liquid. Bring the water to a full rolling boil in a large wide pot. Gradually stir in the baking soda. Reduce the heat to a simmer and add as many proofed pretzels as the pot will hold in one layer. Poach each batch of pretzels for 20-30 seconds. Flip and poach them another 15 seconds. Remove the pretzels from the liquid with a skimmer and drain them in a colander. Transfer the pretzels onto an oven peel or a perforated sheet pan. Sprinkle them with the coarse salt. Bake at 450 degrees F, until evenly browned, approzimatelyu 15-20 minutes.
 

Old Dough


Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
10 ounces of Bread Flour
1 tsp of Instant Yeast
6.5 fluid ounces of Water
1.25 tsp of Salt

Directions:
Directions:
Combine the ingredients in the bowl of a mixer fitted with a dough hook. Knead on medium speed until a perfect windowpane has been reached, approximately 8 minutes. Lightly dust the dough with flour and cover it with plastic film.

Ferment the dough until fully doubled, approximately 4-6 hours
Use the dough immediately or retard it in the refrigerator up to 4 days
Remove the dough from the refrigerator 2 hours before needed so the the dough warms to room temperature, approximately (70 degrees F), before use.

Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
2 loaves
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
7 Hours
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This is a recipe from my culinary days. The pretzels are delicious and you can add spices to create new flavors.
Windowpane is a term that we use to check to see if the dough has been kneaded correctly. A piece of the dough is pulled apart to see if it stretches without breaking apart.

 

 

 

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