Samuel Adams OctoberFest Soft Pretzel
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Ingredients
  • 12 ounce samuel adams octoberfest
  • 10 cup water
  • 2 1/3 cup baking soda
  • pinch of cinnamon
  • 2 cup rye flour
  • 1½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ ounce yeast
  • 2 tablespoon unsalted butter (melted)
  • 2 tablespoon sugar
  • 2½ cup ap flour
  • pinch of clove
  • dash of freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 ounce pretzel salt
  • 1 ounce water
Directions
  1. Preheat the oven 425 degrees.In a small sauce pan, heat the beer to 115 degrees, then remove it from heat. Stir in the yeast until dissolved.In a KitchenAid bowl, combine the butter, sugar, salt, yeast mixture, spices, and all-purpose flour on medium speed and whip until smooth. Once the mixture is smooth, add the rye flour and continue to mix until a soft dough forms. Turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead until it is smooth and elastic.Once the dough is smooth and elastic, place it in a greased mixing bowl, flipping it over once to grease the top as well. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rise in a warm place until it has doubled in size, about 1 hour.Then, punch the dough down, return it to the floured surface and divide it into eight balls. Roll each ball out to a 24-inch rope and form each into a pretzel. In a medium sized saucepot, bring the water and baking soda to a boil. Drop two pretzels at a time into the boiling water, cook for 30 seconds, remove with a slotted spoon, and then place on paper towel to drain. Repeat this step until all the pretzels are pre-cooked. Then place the pretzels on a greased baking tray.
  2. Whisk the egg yolk and water together and then brush the pretzels with the egg wash. Dust each pretzel with pretzel salt and bake for 10-12 minutes until golden brown.