Soft Pretzels 101 | How to make soft pretzels from scratch

Soft pretzels need that dark brown crust and I'll show you a few ways to do it. We'll make a super soft pretzel dough the creates a cottony soft interior and for the brown crusty exterior, we'll experiment with different alkaline solutions.

FULL WRITTEN RECIPE AND INGREDIENTS HERE:

LINKS TO WORKING SAFELY WITH LYE:

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:40 How to make soft pretzel dough
03:30 How to fold soft pretzels
03:58 Pretzel Experiment Details
04:28 Pretzel #1: Control and Pretzel #2: Egg wash
04:54 Pretzel #3: Cool water + baking soda
06:00 Pretzel #4 Boiling water + baking soda
06:51 Pretzel #5: "Baked" Baking Soda Bath
07:40 Pretzel #6 Lye Bath
09:32 Results: Which pretzel is best for you?

🌈 TOOLS USED IN THIS VIDEO:
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Food Grade Sodium Hydroxide (lye):
Nitrile Gloves:
Pretzel Salt:

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Happy baking, friends ♥️
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[tomodasho]

I love your videos, please don’t ever stop. And thank unos much for the cakeculator.

[pixelblaze]

This video is everything I ever wanted in cooking content. Thank you 🙏

[joannabanana]

Tried the boiling water baking soda method, delicious!!! 10/10

[isabellacullen]

I love pretzels! 🥨 Thanks for showing this video. Thanks for the idea of the dough and recipe. The pretzels looks so delicious.

[jeffreyschmidt]

This video was exactly what i was looking for and more. Thanks for comparing all of the different options and their outcomes in a scientific-esque manner 😊❤. Couldn't ask for more!

[Hooch]

Gotta be an Engineer 😆 Great “research “ so appreciate your work thank you

[kulaninizo]

Very informative thank you! I loved the explanations behind every step & chemical reaction it was very helpful with understanding everything. Looking forward to watching more videos!

[molove]

I love pretzels. Thank you for this video.

[DayByeDayChristineOKArtist]

I hope this recipe is on your website!!! It looks so good!!!! Love your recipes and learning about the science of

[SistersMeal]

Absolutely remarkable upload very unique and nice thanks for showing this 👌😍

[erikadogmomanddoc]

brilliant pretzel video, great experimental method, and I absolutely loved the pretzel graph! I just finished watching/reading about 8 pretzel recipes, and yours was the most useful.

[indiachenoweth]

so fun! what a fun science experiment and great info! I personally use boiling water/ baking soda and all our families home bakery customers say they are the best. I also make them with my own yeast (aka sourdough starter). SO GOOD!

[Batsnang]

I recently made a delicious pumpkin ale cheese sauce that I initially used for mac and cheese, but thought it would be super good with some soft pretzels. Great video! Exactly what I needed 😊

[Planetgreenzen]

Love the cmparison of different methods, Thank you.

[daod]

Fantastic application of the scientific method into Baking.

[UniteWeThePeople]

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[jonnyarkade]

Soft pretzels and science? According to my calculations, it is safe to assume this is true love.

[nuuyuisjourney]

Love your video ❤ It's pretty clear! thanks a lot

[Sayu]

That glossy leathery texture of the crust is definetly where it's at with pretzels and other Laugengebäck.

[jairusofall]

Fantastic video, very helpful and didn’t waste any time. Thank you!