Place the boiled pretzel dogs back on a parchment lined baking sheets. Using a slotted spatula, remove each pretzel dog from the water and place it on a drying rack to allow any extra baking soda mixture to drip off.

In a large pot, bring the 10 cups of water and the baking soda to a roiling boil.īoil the shaped pretzels and pretzel dogs, one at a time, in the baking soda water for 30-45 seconds each. Pinch the ends together to seal the dough.

Carefully wrap each piece around a half hot dog. Roll each piece into a long rope, roughly 12 inches long. Place the dough on a greased surface, and divide into 16 equal pieces. Spray parchment paper with non-stick spray.

Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Place bowl in a warm area and let dough rise for about 1 hour, or until doubled in size. Spray a large bowl with non-stick spray (or lightly grease with vegetable oil) and place dough in greased bowl. Attach the dough hook to the stand mixer and, on medium-low speed, combine the mixture until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl and appears shiny, roughly 4 to 5 minutes. If you use instant yeast, let the yeast mixture set for a couple minutes to dissolve the yeast then proceed to the next step – the mixture won’t be foamy.Īdd the flour and butter to the yeast mixture. If you use dry active yeast, let the mixture sit for about 5 minutes, until the yeast is foamy and begins to smell of yeast. Pretzel salt (or kosher salt), for toppingĬombine the warm water, sugar and kosher salt in the bowl of a stand mixer and sprinkle the yeast on top. Source: Fake Ginger, pretzel recipe from Alton BrownĢ tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooledġ large egg yolk, beaten with 1 tablespoon water I made them for our annual anti-Superbowl evening of movies and snacks (and ate probably more than we should have) but I could see them being perfect for kids’ birthday parties, game nights, game days, nights when you’ve got a sitter coming, or even a great snow day food.

These pretzels dogs are such a treat! The pretzels are soft and chewy and are just perfect wrapped around your favorite hot dogs. As far as dough goes, it’s that simple! Next you’ll quickly boil the dough wrapped dogs, sprinkle with some salt, and bake. There really isn’t much to making these guys and although they’re not as simple as whipping out a can of refrigerated crescent roll dough, they are infinitely more satisfying – both in taste and in the fact that you’re making homemade pretzels! Don’t shy away from this recipe if you fear yeast – pretzel dough is SO much easier to make than bread or bagel dough! You’ll toss all of the ingredients in a mixing bowl, let the mixer do the kneading for a few minutes, let the dough rise for about an hour, and then cut the dough and wrap the pieces around the hot dogs. It was the pigs in blankets that were the highlight for me so you could imagine my excitement when I came across this grown-up version of pigs in blankets. There were lots of quiet weekends in our house during the times he was driving and to boost all of our spirits, once or twice a year, my mom declared a “pig out night.” We’d stock the house with food we’d never usually eat – chips and dip, mozzarella sticks, pizza fondue (homemade), pigs in blankets, and ingredients for ice cream sundaes. For a period of time during my childhood, however, my dad was an over-the-road truck driver. It’s something that I highly value now and will continue to do when Kyle and I have kids of our own. As kids, my mom did a great job of putting healthy meals on the table every single night and we ate as a family at the table just about every single night as well.

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