Homemade Soft Pretzels Recipe

These amazing soft golden pretzels make an excellent snack for a game day gathering or party, and they're easy to prepare and bake. The alkaline mixture of boiling water and baking soda creates the rich brown exterior over the relatively short baking time, leaving the center of the pretzel soft and bread-like. Serve the pretzels with your favorite whole grain or gourmet mustard, or serve with a mustard dip or plain yellow mustard. This mustard barbecue sauce would make a fabulous dip as well. The pictured soft pretzels were topped with flaky sea salt (fleur de sel). The stiff dough was kneaded with a stand mixer with the dough hook attachment, but feel free to knead by hand. Try this yummy recipe for copycat auntie annies pretzels.