Snack

Soft Whole Wheat Pretzels is for Snack.

Soft Whole Wheat Pretzels takes several minutes to prepare.

Soft Whole Wheat Pretzels takes several minutes to cook.

Soft Whole Wheat Pretzels makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for Soft Whole Wheat Pretzels are:

6 cups warm water, divided
4 cups whole wheat pastry flour, divided
2T vital wheat gluten
1T active dry yeast
1T sugar
1/4 cup honey
2 1/2t salt
3T baking soda

coarse salt or cinnamon and sugar, for topping

Here is how you make Soft Whole Wheat Pretzels:

1. Combine 2 cups warm water, 2 cups flour, vital wheat gluten, yeast and sugar in a large bowl. Mix well, cover bowl with plastic wrap and let sit for 45 minutes.2. Stir in the honey, salt and 1 1/2 cups flour and mix well. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and work in the remaining dough, 2 spoonfuls at a time, until the dough comes together and is elastic but not sticky: I used about another 1/2 cup flour. Lightly grease the large bowl and place the dough back in. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 1 hour.3. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured surface again and divide into four equal chunks. Work with one chunk at a time (place the other chunks back in the bowl and covered) and divide into 3 pieces. Roll each piece to about 24-30 inches in length, cross the ends and place down in the middle, forming a pretzel shape.4. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray. Place about 4 cups of warm water in a medium-sized pot and stir in 3T baking soda. Dip each formed pretzel into the baking soda and water solution and place on the tray, leaving an inch of space on each side of the pretzel. Sprinkle pretzels with salt or cinnamon and sugar (2 parts sugar to 1 part cinnamon) and bake for 18-20 minutes until golden brown and crispy. Should make 12 good-sized pretzels.5. Serve with Cinnamon Raisin Peanut Butter, Cream Cheese, butter or ketchup and mustard.Freezing Tip ? Wrap each pretzel in tinfoil and place them in a large sealed bag in the freezer. To resurrect, defrost the pretzel in a smaller sealed bag at room temperature (~2 hours or overnight). Then, preheat the oven to 375 degrees and bake it in the foil wrapping for 10-12 minutes. For a quicker pretzel, take a frozen pretzel, remove the foil and microwave on high for exactly 1 minute.Number of Servings: 12Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JACLIGHT.

The nutritional information for Soft Whole Wheat Pretzels is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 169.5

• Total Fat: 0.8 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 1,431.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 36.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4.9 g
• Protein: 7.1 g