23 Reviews of Soft Pretzels (For Bread Machines)

From: Fairy Nuff

On Feb 25, 2005

Well - I just reviewed this recipe about two weeks ago but I realised that my review wasn't really helpful to anyone that hasn't got a bread machine or done a great deal of breadmaking. This produces the most lovely pretzels...I have made the recipe 5 times in two weeks!!! I mixed the sugar and yeast with just-warm water (one part hot to three parts cold) and let it sit for ten minutes until the yeast was really foamy.I put the flour, salt and oil in my benchmixer (could easily be mixed in a bowl and then kneaded for ten minutes)then I added the yeast mixture to the flour.I mixed it on low speed for five minutes then left the dough for 40-50 minutes until it was doubled in size. I continued then from step 4. My whole family loves this recipe...they are wonderfully soft and sort of chewy....the dough,when cooked, is awesome.I'm getting to be quite an expert at rolling them and don't need to wet my hands anymore. Totally love the recipe and can see myself making these pretzels forever.lol. Thanks KimmieOH

From: Rather Be Cookin'

On Nov 27, 2002

These pretzels are wonderful and fairly easy to make. The hardest part for me was trying to form the pretzel into shape. I absolutely loved them and will be using the recipe frequently.

From: KC_Cooker

On Feb 9, 2005

These are really, really great pretzels! The dough was a little dry when I was trying to roll it out, so I took a little bowl of water and dipped my fingers i it and brushed a little water on the rolling surface. That made handeling the dough much easier. I followed the recipe exactly, but let me warn you.. a little course salt goes a very long way!I won't put nearly as much salt on mine next time. Also, on a few of them I added some parmesan, mozzarella and pepperoni (trying to duplicate Wetzels Pretzels pepperoni pretzel). It was delicious! I also made some of the dough into pretzel bites, which was a hit with my kids. Thanks for sharing this easy and fun recipe!

From: 2atdiemer

On Aug 1, 2005

Wonderful pretzels! The texture was soft and slightly chewy. I followed Fairy Nuff's directions (no bread machine) following the recipe exactly as written. The dough was easy to work with (the kids enjoyed rolling the ropes). We decided they didn't taste just like the mall pretzels but didn't care because they were so good! We did half with salt (I used Kosher salt) and half with cinnamon sugar. Thanks for the fun recipe!

From: SkinnyMinnie

On Feb 28, 2007

WOW!! WOW!! WOW!! This recipe deserves 100 stars!! I have been on a pretzel kick lately, but was cheating and buying the frozen ones at the store. I know...I know - BAD COOK!! I finally convinced myself I COULD do this, and I DID!! They are OUT OF THIS WORLD!! I am in the process of making a 2nd batch, already, and the first batch hasn't even cooled off completely!! Thank you Kimmie for this GREAT pretzel recipe!! It sure is a keeper and will be made ALL THE TIME in this house!!

From: megnbrycesmom

On Jan 28, 2008

Well, dd gives these "a googleplex stars" and ds gives them 55 stars. For taste, I would agree that these are a five star recipe, but I had a hard time making them. The dough was extremely sticky and I had to add quite a bit of flour to handle it in any way. The recipe actually makes 12 pretzels as written (not 8 as stated), and I found it really hard to roll each piece of dough to anywhere near 18 inches and really, really hard to shape it. I would recommend regreasing the baking sheet before putting the boiled pretzels back on the sheet b/c mine really stuck! All that being said, we all really enjoyed them, and it doesn't really matter that they don't look as they should. Thanks Kimmie!

From: CalMaddy

On Apr 29, 2007

This recipe made great pretzels...after I had made some serious adjustments to the recipe. First, I had no idea what the "manual" setting was for my Breadman Plus machine... I ran it on dough cycle. But this didn't work because the dough was so stiff that my motor was burning up. After adding 1/4 cup more of water it worked a little better. Also, the twisting instructions were royally confusing..."cross ends, twist twice and connect to other side" is much simpler. I used olive oil instead of an egg wash, which was equally good. Like I said, great result, but necessitated major adjustments.

From: Yello Kim

On Feb 18, 2007

This is truley the BEST!!! I added cinnimon and sugar after egg wash and before I baked it so it stayed on the pretzel. I then dipped it into a cream cheese frosting. yummy! I also did the same with garlic powder and parmesan cheese. I dipped those into pasta sauce and also olive oil and parmesan cheese. This is great but you really do have to mix the yeast and warm water first or they don't get to be so soft.

From: Nurse Rain

On Nov 2, 2007

Very yummy. Takes a bit of work, but is well worth it. Thankyou for this favorite treat.

From: Loudor

On Jul 15, 2007

I have never had mall pretzels before. I liked these but have to say they tasted like bread with salt on top. They were soft and chewy