and in this episode I ball up some dough
I prove that water does boil if you stare at it
and I grab a handful of buns. Pretzel Buns that is because that's what we're making
welcome to moore approved I'm James and
today I'm showing you how to make some
delicious pretzel buns let's go ahead
and get started for this you are going
to need 1 teaspoon of instant rice yeast
one-and-a-half teaspoons of granulated
sugar 3 tablespoons of olive oil 2 cups
of warm water not hot one pound 12
ounces of bread flour I like to use King
Arthur it gives me the best consistency for
all of my baking needs and last but not
least you're going to want one and three
quarters teaspoons of salt we're going
to put that in the mixer and we're going
to mix that for 10 to 12 minutes our
dough is ready it's time to go ahead and
start dividing it up and what we're
going to need is about 4 ounces a piece
all right four and a quarter that's good
enough for me so you're going to get a
bat 11 of these out of here than your
last one may not quite be four ounces or
maybe a little bit over 4 ounces if it
is no big deal and you want to be pretty
even so if you notice that there's a lot
more dough on this portion than over
here just sort of work it around so it's
all about the same now the final thing
you're going to want to do just coat it with a
little bit of oil now that we have these
all oiled up we're going to go ahead and
cover it with some plastic wrap I'm
going to set it in a warm location we're
going to check on them in about 30
minutes and then we're going to dunk
them into some boiling water that has
some baking soda in it our pretzel buns
have risen quite nicely and here I have
a pan with six cups of boiling water in
it I'm going to slowly add in four
tablespoons of baking soda if you put it
in too quickly or while this is bubbling
like that you will regret it so I
suggest you turn off the heat when
putting this in we're going to put in
one
real slow and here's the second one so
go ahead and float that in there and
it's going to be 30 seconds for each
side so after 30 seconds we're going to
flip it over and then we're going to
repeat that and we're going to set them
on our racks to drain off put it back on
this pan and get ready to put them in
the end before you put it in the oven
you're going to want to make some relief
cuts on this so as it's rising up it
doesn't split break apart look ugly you
can either do a cross right down the
center just barely underneath the
surface or you could do two parallel
slits actually I like to do you're going
to want a very sharp knife for this and
you're going to want to go just
underneath the surface so all you want
to do is crack your egg put it into the
bowl and add in a couple of ounces of
water and whisk that up after four
minutes go ahead and pull out your
pretzel buns and brush on the egg wash
reset the timer for six minutes at the
end of six minutes just turn your pan
around reset it for 10 minutes and voila
you should be done the pretzel buns are
done and out of the oven they look
absolutely fantastic these are perfect
for sandwiches just by themselves
whatever you want to do with them you
can feel free to do so go ahead and cut
into one look at the inside consistency
of that that is absolutely beautiful and
that's all I can tell you about making
pretzel buns again remember in the oven
after four minutes you're going to want
to put those out put your egg wash on
the top of it put it back in for another
six minutes when the timer goes off turn
the pan around and then put it on for
another 10 minutes they should be nice
and golden brown like this it is going
to be dark on the bottom but this is not
burnt you will know if it does burn so
pay close attention to it you don't need
to have any oil on your pan as long as
it's nonstick if you do not have a
nonstick pan you're going to want to use
some parchment paper I would suggest
using the non-stick pan though if you
don't have a nonstick option parchment
paper works just fine till next time
thanks for watching I'm James Take Care