/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>6944967
people made pretzels without electronic equipment before
I'm sure people will be able to make them now

>>6944967

pretzels suck, get a real snack

>>6944986
pretzels are literally god tier snacks you raging cuntwaffle

I used to make pretzels almost every day at a restaurant I worked at.

I don't remember the dough recipe, and usually didn't do that part, but it was all really simple, assuming you aren't a complete fuck up in the kitchen.

The dough (which wasn't anything complicated) just needed to proof for 10-15 minutes, be shaped however you want (we usually just did little pretzel bite type balls), boiled in baking soda spiked water for a minute, put on a buttered sheet tray, brushed with egg wash, drizzled in pretzel salt, and baked for around 10 minutes.

It sounds like a few steps, but it's actually really quick compared to many other baked goods.

>>6944967
The first thing I ever baked was pretzels. I was 13 in home ec class.

Almost impossible to fuck up.

Pretzel factory freezes well.

>>6944991
At home though, it adds up. I never seem to be able to do it in under 2 hours. And I always end up with white soda residue everywhere.

Two things if you try it, OP.

1. Preheat your oven to Pizza degrees. That's Auschwitz degrees in metric. Just set it to "Clean."

2. Don't skimp on the baking soda. You want that pH to be as basic as possible. The Germans use dietary grade lye. No shit. I've even had good results from dipping them in a paste of baking soda then using the boil step as a rinse.

Bone appa teat.