These Soft Pretzel Buns are not only super delicious, but they’re versatile. Eat them as fun dinner rolls with some soup or stew. Eat them as a tailgating snack while watching the game. Or, eat them as hamburger buns for your next burger
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Tailgating snacks
Tailgating Snacks Month is so much fun around my house! We’re talking about all these super yummy ideas, and my husband is really getting into all these snacks! (I guess that’s not really a big surprise! I mean, who doesn’t love a tasty snack!)
How will you eat your Pretzel Buns?
These Soft Pretzel Buns are not great as hamburger buns — that’s a little hint as what I’ll do with them next.
Check out my recipe for Corn Fritter Sliders with Avocado on Pretzel Buns.
Can I make them in a bread machine?
They’re really easy to make, especially if you have a {affiliate link} bread machine. Just toss in all your wet ingredients into the bread machine, followed by the dry ingredients, ending with the yeast.
Then, let the machine do all the kneading and rising for you.
Also, here’s a great tip from a friend of mine: The machine helps keep cat fur out of the dough, because it has a closed top. So, if you have fur babies, the bread machine is a great way to go! (thanks Kat, for the tip!)
The other piece of baking equipment that I highly recommend is a {affiliate link} Siplat. They make it so you don’t have to oil or butter your baking sheet, and they’re reusable, so no trash build-up!
Pretzel Salt
I have a small jar with pretzel salt in my cupboard. We used to buy those frozen soft pretzels that you bake up yourself, and they always come with a packet of pretzel salt.
I never want my pretzels as salty as they seem to think people want, so I never used the full packet. Over the years I saved the salt in a jar and now I have a nice little stash of the granules.
If you don’t have pretzel salt already, Amazon sells it: pretzel salt. Or, I bet a well-stocked grocery store might carry it (just look on the bottom shelf).
These soft pretzel buns are super fun and impressive. You just want to grab one and nosh on it!
Happy Tailgating Snacks Month!
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Soft Pretzel Buns Recipe
Soft Pretzel Buns
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup warm water 110°F
- 2 ¼ teaspoons active dry yeast not instant rise yeast
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 4 ½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons Kosher salt
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- ¼ cups baking soda
- 1 egg lightly beaten
- Pretzel salt for sprinkling
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment, add the water, yeast, and sugar. Stir and let rest 5-10 minutes, until frothy.
- Add the flour, salt, and melted butter, and mix using the dough hook, until combined well. Cover with plastic wrap, and allow the dough to rise in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size. Punch the dough down and turn it onto a clean, lightly floured surface.
- Line a large sheet pan with parchment paper or a silpat, and set aside. Cut the dough in quarters, then, cut each quarter in thirds, making 12 pieces.
- Take a piece of dough and form a ball; smooth ball by pulling the sides to the center and pinching the bottom to seal.
- Place the ball, pinched side down on the prepared baking sheet, with 1-inch between each roll. Cover dough balls with a clean cotton towel, and allow to rest in a warm place for 30 minutes until they rise & double in side.
- Place the oven rack in the middle position, and preheat oven to 425° F.
- In a large saucepan, bring 2 quarts of water to a low boil. Slowly and carefully add the baking soda, making sure that it doesn’t boil over as you add the baking soda to the water. Lower the heat to a simmer.
- Place 2-3 rolls at a time into the poaching liquid, seam side down. Poach for 30 seconds. Carefully turn the roll over and poach for another 30 seconds. Remove with a slotted spoon to the lined sheet pan, seam side down. Repeat with the remaining rolls.
- Using a pastry brush, brush each roll with the beaten egg, making sure to coat all sides completely. Sprinkle each roll with pretzel salt. Using a sharp straight edged knife, cut a slash or an “X” shape in the top of each roll. Bake the rolls for 15-20 minutes.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations, and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.
These Soft Pretzel Buns look awesome! So fresh and delicious…what a great idea! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful job on this Debi! They look perfect and I really want some of these now! Perfect for any sandwich or burger.
I love the idea od baking some pretzel buns! Pretzel are so good. I need to try your recipe, it looks amazing!
This is something I never would’ve thought to make myself at home. I love it though and will definitely be trying it!
Gorgeous! I just LOVE these 🙂
they LOOK delicious! 😀
These buns are rockin’! Nicely done 🙂
Oh my gosh yum! I love making these for burgers.
Those look so good. I love pretzel anything!
mmmmm! Yummy! I would love to have a bread machine. I wonder if my husband would let me have another kitchen gadget?
These look really good! Sounds good hot and fresh out of the oven!
Umm these look amazing!! I will definitely need to make these:)
You’re making me want a bread machine! These looks so good. And yes, burger buns.
I love these. I can only imagine how amazing your kitchen smelled when they were baking. I am stunned by your buns 🙂
Culinary Ginger, I do work hard to have nice looking buns 😉
WOW! How delicious does this look!!! YUMMY 🙂
Great pics and post. I love any kind of buns. I might also love these pretzel buns.
This is my first time on your site. It’s beautiful and your dishes all look delectable!
Oh my goodness, those look ridiculously delicious!
Simply the most gorgeous looking pretzel buns, my mouth is watering!!