Vegan Pretzel Bread

Pretzel are a lot of fun to make, not to mention that they taste so good and it was pretty natural for me to think of a way to extend that concept to other things I love.The very fact, that pretzels needs to be boiled in an alkaline bath before going into the oven gives them that phenomenal texture and taste that we all love. If you don’t apply this step, you are basically just making bread and you will not end up having that signature color we all love.

Vegan Pretzel Bread

Ingredients

• 4 Cups of All purpose white non bleached flour.
• 1/3 cup melted vegan butter. I use earth balance.
• 1 1/3 cup of warm water.
• 1 pinch of salt.
• some coarse salt to decorate.
• Yeast proofing:
• 2 1/4 tsp of yeast + 1/2 tsp of sugar + 1/4 cup of warm water.
• Alkaline bath:
• 6 cups of water + 2 Tbsp of baking soda.

Instructions

1. Take all your yeast proofing ingredients and mix them together. Set aside until it foams and doubles in size.
2. In your stand mixer:
3. Mix your flour and salt.
4. Add the proofed yeast and melted butter.
5. Set your stand mixer to low speed and add your water very slowly.
6. Once you use all your water is used. Set the speed to high and let it do it's thing for 5-6 minutes.
7. Take your dough out. It should be very sticky.
8. Cut in 4 and shape it into 4 balls.
9. Spray a baking sheet with some oil, place your 4 dough balls in there, making sure that you space them by at least 3-4 inches.
10. Cover with a towel and let rise for 45 minutes or until it doubles in size.
11. Prepare your alkaline bath by putting the water (6 cups) in a large pot and bringing it to a boil. Add your baking soda.
12. Pre heat your oven to 375F.
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