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Ingredients
- 2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 cups warm water (110 to 115 degrees F/43 to 46 degrees C)
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, or as needed
- 5 cups water
- 1/2 cup baking soda
- 1 tablespoon coarse sea salt, or as needed
Method
- Dissolve yeast and sugar in 2 cups warm water in a large bowl; let stand until bubbling, about 10 minutes. Beat butter, egg, and 1 teaspoon salt into yeast mixture until smooth. Mix in 2 cups flour to make a wet dough. Stir remaining flour into dough, 1 cup at a time, to make a stiff dough. Form dough into a ball.
- Grease a large bowl and turn dough around in greased bowl to coat. Cover lightly with a kitchen towel, place in a warm area, and let dough rise until doubled, at least 1 hour. Punch dough down.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease baking sheets.
- Divide dough in half; cut each half into 8 pieces. Roll pieces out on a floured surface into ropes about 1/2-inch thick. Shape each rope into a pretzel.
- Bring 5 cups water to a boil in a large saucepan and dissolve baking soda in the boiling water. Boil pretzels, a few at a time, in the baking soda water for 10 minutes. Arrange pretzels on prepared baking sheets and sprinkle with coarse sea salt.
- Bake in the preheated oven until pretzels are shiny and golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.
