Soft Pretzels with Cheese Dip
Yummy soft pretzels with a cheese sauce
Servings 12
Calories 282kcal
Ingredients
For the dough
- 500 g Strong white bread flour
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Vegetable or sunflower oil
- 7 g Sachet of fast action dried yeast
- 150 ml Semi skimmed milk
- 165 ml Tepid water
For boiling
- 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
For topping
- 1 Egg beaten, for glazing
- 1 tbsp Rock salt
- 1 tbsp Sesame seeds
For the cheese sauce
- 25 g Plain flour
- 45 g Butter
- 350 ml Semi skimmed milk
- 100 g Grated cheese of your choice, I recommend mature cheddar or blue cheese
- 1 tsp Smoked paprika optional
If you want to make sweet pretzels!
- 3 tbsp Caster sugar
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 35 g Butter melted
- Nutella warmed
Instructions
For the pretzels
- In a large bowl mix together the strong white bread flour, salt and yeast
- Mix the milk, water and oil together in a jug, and add to the bowl of flour
- Mix the ingredients together until a dough forms, then knead by hand or in a mixer fitted with a dough hook for 10 minutes until it becomes a smooth and soft dough
- Put the dough into an oiled bowl covered with cling film and leave it somewhere warm for 1 hour until it has doubled in size
- Knock the dough back on a floured surface, then cut the dough into 12 equal pieces
- Roll each piece of dough out into long, thin sausage about 18" long
- Twist each piece into the 'pretzel loop' by crossing over the two ends, then twisting them around and bringing them back on each other. Secure the ends by pressing gently
- Pre-heat your oven to 180C Fan/200C/400F/Gas Mark 6, line two baking trays with baking paper and get a pot of water boiling on the stove. Add the Bicarbonate of soda to the boiling water
- Boil each pretzel for 20 seconds, then place onto the baking trays. Use a slotted spoon or spatula to lower them into the water and fish them out
- Brush the beaten egg over the pretzels, then sprinkle on the sesame seeds and rock salt
- Bake the pretzels for 20 minutes until golden brown
- For the sweet pretzels, once they have finish baking brush them with the melted butter, then sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over them generously and leave to cool
For the cheese sauce
- Melt the butter in a pan
- Add the flour, stir together and cook for a couple of minutes
- Add the milk slowly, whisking well between each addition to avoid creating lumps. Once all added, bring to a medium heat and keep stirring constantly until the mixture thickens
- Remove from the heat, add the cheese and stir in. Serve immediately
If you want to make sweet pretzels!
- Follow the instructions to make the pretzels. Brush with egg and bake, do not add the salt or sesame seeds
- Mix the caster sugar and cinnamon together
- When you take the pretzels out of the oven, brush them with the melted butter and sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over them
- Dip in warm Nutella if desired
Nutrition
Calories: 282kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 1002mg | Potassium: 123mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 397IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 128mg | Iron: 1mg
