Hot Soft Pretzels

Recipe courtesy of Chef Jack McDavid of Jack's Firehouse, Philadelphia, PA

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  • on August 08, 2010

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    I was so done in the middkle of making these, I quit and made another versuon on here,.. Waste of time, and brain cells

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  • on June 19, 2010

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    I made this receipe a total of 3 times each time it got better i had a mixer so it was easier to mix the dough. The out come was great everyone thought they were brought from the mall there were so good thanks.

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  • on December 09, 2006

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    These pretzels are delicious! Everyone at my apartment loved them. I agree with another user; they are tedious to make, but worth it. I can never get all 4 cups of flour in though....

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  • on January 10, 2006

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    I've made a few different versions of soft pretzels and wasn't impressed with this recipe. It made very strangely distorted versions of the soft on the inside and hard on the outside version that I was going for. Not highly recommended.

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  • on December 25, 2005

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    I had fun making these- definately needs the salt though!

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  • on November 20, 2005

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    Okay...my dough stayed so sticky that I probably had to add another cup just so the dough was workable. Once they came out of the oven, they tasted good, but the texture was a little bit off. By that night they were hard as rocks. I put them in a bag and froze them, and tried to pick one out and microwave it for 20 seconds to see if they would improve. It was no longer hard that way, but quite chewy. I don't know what went wrong, but I won't make them again unless I have enough people around to eat them the second they come out of the hot oven....the quality deteriorated quite quickly after that.

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  • on September 05, 2005

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    Definitely double the batch, since it is a lot of work for just a few pretzels. I brushed mine with olive oil before baking and sprinkled lots of kosher salt on some, garlic salt on others, and freshly grated parmesan cheese on the rest. They came out perfectly crispy on the outside and wonderfully chewy with a great taste on the inside. Be generous with the cornmeal when instructed to make it easier to get them off the baking sheets. Whatever cornmeal sticks to the dough will just drop to the bottom of your pan of water in the boiling process and the cornmeal on the baking sheets will keep them from sticking when you take them out of the oven. Freeze them immediately in ziplocs when they're completely cool so that you can just zap them in the microwave when you get a pretzel craving!! Winners!

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  • on August 04, 2005

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    This recipe is a great find! I was able to freeze the extra pretzels, and when I wanted one to snack on, I'd put it in the microwave for 30-45 seconds, and they were excellent.

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  • on August 21, 2004

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    Easy to do, a little tedious but well worth it if U are a pretzel lover like me.

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  • on July 18, 2004

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    These pretzels were very tasty and easy to make. I would recommend making the pretzels thinner than you think you should, maybe 1/2 inch thick "snakes" since they rise after shaping. My thicker pretzels lost the spaces in between the loops and didn't cook as evenly in the oven. I also brushed mine with butter after I took them out.

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