Ingredients: 1 kg plain white flour, 520 ml water, 80 g butter, 1 tbsp brown sugar, 2 tsp dry yeast, 2 tbsp sea salt, 1 l water, 3 tbsp baking soda, sea salt for topping.
After that, add the rest of the ingredients and mix. Kneed the mixture for 10 min to make a firm dough. Cover and rest for 1 and a half hours or until a point pushed in gentle springs back.
When ready, you start being in trouble :). Roll the dough out to be a long (40 cm) rope.
Bring one of the end over the other, to create half of an 8.
Bring the same end through the loop.
Press both ends together.
As you can see, it takes a little to get used to forming the shape.
Leave for 30 minutes uncovered in a warm room to rise and develop.
Preheat the oven at 200° C.
In the meantime, bring the water to a boil and add the baking soda.
Put the pretzels one by one in the pot, boil for 5 - 10 sec, then remove from the water. Sprinkle the sea salt.
Bake in the oven for 16 min, until they are deep brown.
Allow to rest for 30 min.
