Ale Yeast Pretzels

Immo's Ale Yeast Pretzel Recipe

I tried to make this recipe for people globally so please use the ingredient list appropriate for your area/region. I put the ingredients list below the instructions.

Instructions & Directions:

Step 1
Mix dry ingredients (flour, brown sugar, salt) together in a mixing bowl

Step 2
Re-hydrate brewers yeast into warm water

Step 3
Add wet ingredients below to dry ingredient mixture, add melted butter, add yeast slurry, mix together (a few minutes using automatic mixer) until you have a nice ball of dough. If you have too much dry ingredients add a tablespoon or two of your favorite pilsner beer to help make a nice dough ball

Step 4
Cover dough ball in mixing bowl for a few hours until dough rises (it should almost double in size)

Step 5
Kill time for a few hours.: play videogames , watch a hockey game, etc. etc.

Step 6
Knead dough ball a bit into manageable size to cut into 8 equal pieces, roll dough out into 8 rope strips about a foot and a half long. Shape dough strips into pretzel shapes and place on cookie sheet

Step 7
Preheat oven to 450 Fahrenheit/232 Celsius

Step 8
Make Baking soda bath solution by mixing water and baking soda together, bring water baking soda mixture to a boil in a saucepan

Step 9
Add pretzel to boiling water for approx 10-15 seconds per side, this will help the pretzel brown when in the oven.

Step 10
Mix 2 Tablespoons of your favorite pilsner beer with 1 medium size egg yolk. Brush pilsner/yolk mixture over boiled pretzels

Step 11
Bake pretzels in oven for approx 12 minutes, If the pretzels are a bit soggy on the bottom flip them and bake in oven for a few more minutes

Step 12
Let pretzels cool off to your preference and then eat your yummy pretzels with a glass of your favorite ale or beverage of choice

USA recipe ingredients list
Dry Ingredients for dough:
2 1/4 cups of All-Purpose White Flour
3-Tablespoon Brown Sugar
1-teaspoon Sea Salt/Kosher Salt
Yeast
½ package (approx 1 tablespoon) brewers dry ale yeast
(I use Safeale US-05 --or- Safeale S-04 brewers yeast)
I suppose you could substitute bakers yeast if you don't have ale yeast (sorry I don't know how much, I would guess ½ of a standard package of bakers yeast)
Wet Ingredients
¾ cup of warm water
2 Tablespoons melted sweet unsalted butter
Optional: a tablespoon or two of your favorite pilsner or light ale
Pretzel coating
Yolk of 1 medium egg
2-tablespoons of pilsner or light ale
Optional: Sea-salt or Kosher-salt topping to taste
Baking Soda bath to boil pretzels
4 cups (1 quart) of water
4 teaspoons of baking soda

Everywhere else (metric) recipe ingredient list
Dry Ingredients for dough:
550 milliliters of All-Purpose White Flour
45 milliliters of Brown Sugar
5 milliliters Sea Salt/Kosher Salt
Yeast
½ package (5.25 grams) of brewers dry ale yeast
(I use Safeale US-05 --or- Safeale S-04 brewers yeast)
I suppose you could substitute bakers yeast if you don't have ale yeast (sorry I don't know how much, I would guess ½ of a standard package of bakers yeast)
Wet Ingredients
177 milliliters of warm water
15 milliliters (1 ounce) of melted sweet unsalted butter
Optional: 15-30 milliliters of your favorite pilsner or light ale
Pretzel coating
Yolk of 1 medium egg
30 milliliters of pilsner or light ale
Optional: Sea-salt or Kosher-salt topping to taste
Baking Soda bath to boil pretzels
1 liter of water
20 milliliters of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda)

Beer Drinkers/College Students (global) ingredients list
Please note: I am using a pint beer glass (imperial pint) as a measurement, this is an imperial pint (not a US pint) I am also using a 2 fluid oz shot glass for measurement
Dry Ingredients for dough:
1 ½ pints of All-Purpose White Flour
1 ½ shot glasses of Brown Sugar
a shot glass filled with approx ¼ inch (6.5mm) of Sea Salt/Kosher Salt in
Yeast
½ package (5.25 grams or 1-tablespoon) of brewers dry ale yeast
(I use Safeale US-05 --or- Safeale S-04 brewers yeast)
I suppose you could substitute bakers yeast if you don't have ale yeast (sorry I don't know how much, I would guess ½ of a standard package of bakers yeast)
Wet Ingredients
approx 1/3 to 1/2 pint plass of warm water
melted sweet unsalted butter (1 oz, 2 tablespoons, or ¼ of a stick)
Optional: ½ shot glass of your favorite pilsner or light ale
Pretzel coating
Yolk of 1 medium egg
2/3rds of a shot glass of pilsner or light ale
Optional: Sea-salt or Kosher-salt topping to taste
Baking Soda bath to boil pretzels
2 pint glasses of water
1 shot glass of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)

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[BrewTubeUK]

Nice video. Good tip on scooping the pretzels without ruining the shape. Boddingtons, the cream of Manchester. The old Strangeways Brewery isn't that far from me, here in the North West of England. Shame they don't brew it there any more. I've not had a pint of Boddies in ages. Last time I had it, it was cask conditioned. A thirst quenching ale.

[immolateus]

@BrewTubeUK , nice to know there are other Boddie fans out there, my absolute favorite pretzel beer is Bass(in a can)...Bass (in a bottle) is everywhere but in the can (with the nitrogen widget-thingy) it is very hard to find (I haven't seen a Bass can in 2 years) whenever I do see Bass(can) I try to stock the pantry shelves with it. I purchased 6 cases of it Christmas of 2007...it lasted until the Stanley Cup and then was just a fuzzy memory..let me know how you like the recipe.

[TheTater1984]

very nice man...btw we have the exact same oven

[bmeyer44]

@immolateus oh crud...my comment earlier showed up twice, so I deleted one of them, but now I see both of them are gone? go figure...just said I was coming over to his house for snacks....looks yummy! nothing bad! LOL

[immolateus]

@bmeyer44 Now I'm curious what you said...it just says comment removed...can you retract your own comments?

[weirdbeer]

Awesome video. I want one now. I was drinking Boddington last night. Love that beer

[immolateus]

@bmeyer44 , If you cook them correctly they are a delicious breakfast snack, they will keep for several days and are just as good as when you baked them...I'm actually grubbing on one right now....yummy....I've also sliced them and dropped them in the toaster (like a bagel or english muffin)....if you want to reheat them to their former warm pretzely glory just re-heat 'em in the oven at 250F/120C for about 5 min...but they are fantastic at room temp too.