Stir in the vegetable oil and 3 cups of the flour. Knead in the remaining 2 3/4 cups of flour; the dough will be slightly sticky.
Transfer the dough to a floured work surface and knead until silky, about 3 minutes; if the dough is very sticky, knead in up to 1/4 cup more flour. Transfer the dough to an large, oiled bowl.
Cover with plastic wrap and let stand at room temperature until doubled in bulk, about 45 minutes.
Line 3 large cookie sheets with parchment paper and butter the paper. Punch down the dough and turn it out onto a floured work surface. Knead the dough lightly, flatten it out and cut it into 24 pieces. Roll or cut each piece into a 9-inch stick about 1/2 inch thick.
Transfer the sticks to the prepared cookie sheets, leaving at least 2 inches between them. Let stand uncovered until puffed, about 25 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 450°.
In a large, deep skillet, stir the baking soda into 2 quarts of water and bring to a simmer over high heat. Reduce the heat to moderate. Carefully transfer 6 pretzel sticks at a time to the simmering water 30 seconds, turning once. Remove sticks using two slotted spoons.
Transfer the pretzel sticks to paper towels to drain, then return them to the cookie sheets, spacing them evenly.
Add about 1 cup of hot water after before cooking the second batch of pretzels.
Brush the pretzel sticks with the egg wash and sprinkle with salt.
Bake until richly browned, about 10 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature, with mustard.
Soft Pretzel Sticks
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 2 cups of water
- 2 envelopes active dry yeast
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 5 3/4 cups all-purpose flour plus more for kneading
- 3/4 cup baking soda
- 1 large egg beaten with 1 tablespoon of water
- Flaky sea salt
- Yellow mustard for serving
Instructions
- In a large bowl, stir the brown sugar into 2 cups of warm water until dissolved.
- Sprinkle the yeast over the water and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in the vegetable oil and 3 cups of the flour.
- Knead in the remaining 2 3/4 cups of flour; the dough will be slightly sticky.
- Transfer the dough to a floured work surface and knead until silky, about 3 minutes; if the dough is very sticky, knead in up to 1/4 cup more flour.
- Transfer the dough to an large, oiled bowl.
- Cover with plastic wrap and let stand at room temperature until doubled in bulk, about 45 minutes.
- Line 3 large cookie sheets with parchment paper and butter the paper.
- Punch down the dough and turn it out onto a floured work surface.
- Knead the dough lightly, flatten it out and cut it into 24 pieces.
- Roll or cut each piece into a 9-inch stick about 1/2 inch thick.
- Transfer the sticks to the prepared cookie sheets, leaving at least 2 inches between them. Let stand uncovered until puffed, about 25 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 450°.
- In a large, deep skillet, stir the baking soda into 2 quarts of water and bring to a simmer over high heat. Reduce the heat to moderate.
- Carefully transfer 6 pretzel sticks at a time to the simmering water 30 seconds, turning once.
- Remove sticks using two slotted spoons.
- Transfer the pretzel sticks to paper towels to drain, then return them to the cookie sheets, spacing them evenly.
- Add about 1 cup of hot water after before cooking the second batch of pretzels.
- Brush the pretzel sticks with the egg wash and sprinkle with salt.
- Bake until richly browned, about 10 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature, with mustard.
They were so yummy! A little time-consuming, but worth trying something new! Thanks, AmySue.
Yep they do take a good chunk of time. But, boy were they worth it! Thanks for giving them a try!
Gorgeous. What a great snack!
Thanks, great and delicious!!
These look really yummy! I will have to give them a try soon.
~Julie
Thank you. Hope you like them as much as we did!
I haven’t tried making pretzels before, but I will try your recipe. Thanks for the link.
Jovina
No problem! Thanks for visiting!
AmySue, thank you for all your recipes and step by step instructions. I look forward to seeing what you come up with next.
Thank you!
These look like a great project for my daughter (she’s an aspiring baker) and I to try!
They were definitely fun to make!