With yeasty water, this creates soft pretzels. However, if you subs the water with yeast milk, pretzels would be much softer and yummier 🙂 Either, this is a great whole wheat pretzels!
Obviously, you can use all purpose flour even bread flour for this recipe, just have to adjust the yeast a little 😀
- 1 heaping tbsp active dry yeast
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
-
dash of salt
- 3 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 Tbsp honey
- Coarse salt for sprinkling
- Dissolve yeast in warm water.
- In a bowl, mix 2 cups of flour and salt, make a well in the center. Pour vegetable, honey, and yeast mixture. Knead well; at this stage, dough will still be too wet, thus you will need the other 1/2 cup of flour; add bits by bits while keep kneading.
- Place in a greased bowl, cover with damp towel, let stand in warm place for an hour or until doubled in size.
- Preheat oven to 400 F
- Divide doubled in size dough into 8 small portions.
- Roll each portions to a long rope and twist into pretzel shape.
- Place on a greased baking sheet, sprinkle with coarse salt.
- Bake for 15 minutes (crust will be golden brown).
- Serve warm is excellent, serve cold is no problem.
I often turn my oven to the lowest heat then place my dough inside until doubled in size; this helps a lot especially in winter, btw
I have another version that I often use too, basing from the recipe above. Either works great!
1 1/2 c water or milk (whole milk 3% would be best!)
1 tsp oil
1 envelope active dry yeast
2 tbsp honey
4 cups whole wheat flour (whole wheat pastry flour also awesome to use!)
1 tsp table salt
1 large egg, beaten
coarse salt
Heat water/milk either using microwave or stove top until lukewarm. Pour in oil, honey and yeast and stir to dissolve. Let stand until foamy, 10-15 mins
Mix flour and salt, make a well in center then pour in yeast mixture. Stir with wooden spoon, then knead until smooth.
Grease a bowl with oil roll dough inside the bowl, coating dough with oil. Let stand until doubled in size, 1 1/2 h
Preheat oven 400 F
Divide dough into about 8 portions and roll each into a long rope. Twist and form into pretzel as shown on pictures.
Place pretzels on a large ungreased baking sheet and brush with beaten egg then sprinkle with coarse salt
Bake for 20 mins
Enjoy 🙂
NOTE: I was told if you broil it for a second or two once baked, it would give nice brown color like storebought ones!
Soft Wholewheat Pretzels
Ingredients
- 1 heaping tbsp active dry yeast
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- dash of salt
- 3 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 Tbsp honey
- Coarse salt for sprinkling
Instructions
- Dissolve yeast in warm water.
- In a bowl, mix 2 cups of flour and salt, make a well in the center. Pour vegetable, honey, and yeast mixture. Knead well; at this stage, dough will still be too wet, thus you will need the other 1/2 cup of flour; add bits by bits while keep kneading.
- Place in a greased bowl, cover with damp towel, let stand in warm place for an hour or until doubled in size.
- Preheat oven to 400 F
- Divide doubled in size dough into 8 small portions.
- Roll each portions to a long rope and twist into pretzel shape.
- Place on a greased baking sheet, sprinkle with coarse salt.
- Bake for 15 minutes (crust will be golden brown).
- Serve warm is excellent, serve cold is no problem.
