Yeasted Bread and Pretzels

Buttered Pretzels
Dough Ingredients:  
 
 
 
 Bread Flour 
 2.5 Cups | 298g 
 
 
 Salt 
 1 tsp | 6g 
 
 
 Sugar 
 1 tsp 
 
 
 Instant Yeast 
 2.25 tsp | 7g 
 
 
 Water (warm not hot) 
   
 
 
 
 Water Bath: 
 
 
 
 Water (boil) 
 1 Cup 
 
 
 Baking Soda 
 2 Tbsp | 28g 
 
 
 
 Topping: 
 
 
 
 Coarse or kosher salt 
 for topping 
 
 
 Unsalted Butter (melted) 
 3 Tbsp 
 
 
 
 
 Combine all dough ingredients in mixer. Mix until well-combined 
 Knead the dough for 5 to 8 minutes  
 Put the dough in a lightly-greased, covered bowl and let rise for 30 minutes  
 Combine the boiling water and baking soda. Mix until dissolved. 
 let cool to lukewarm or cooler. Pour into a 9" square pan (or similar vessel)  
 Divide the dough into 8 pieces (I might try bigger pieces next time. Maybe 4 or 6) 
 Let rest on a greased work surface for 5 minutes 
 Roll the dough into long ropes (~30 inches long) and twist into a pretzel  
 Place 4 pretzels at a time into the cooled water mixture. Spoon some water over the top and let sit for two minutes 
 Prepare baking sheet by covering with parchment paper or lightly greasing 
  Transfer soaked pretzels to baking sheet 
 Sprinkle pretzels with salt 
 Bake for 8-9 minutes at 475F 
 Remove pretzels from oven and brush with butter (it will seem like a lot, just keep going until the butter is gone) 
 Let pretzels rest a few minutes to absorb the butter

Dinner Rolls
Makes 24 rolls, each slightly larger than a kings hawaiian roll. Fills one half-sheet, 2 quarter-sheet pans, two 13" x 9" or four 8"/ 9" round baking pans. 
 
 
 
 Water (warm) 
 113g 
 1/2 Cup 
 
 
 Milk (100F-110F) 
 454g 
 2 Cup 
 
 
 
 Butter (Room Temp) 
 
 43g 
 3 Tbsp 
 
 
 
 Sugar 
 
 21g 
 2 tsp 
 
 
 
 Salt 
 
 18g 
 1 tsp 
 
 
 
 Yeast 
 
 28g 
 2 1/2 Tbsp 
 
 
 
 Flour 
 
 720-840g 
 6-7 Cups 
 
 
 
   
 Mix everything except the flour and let rest 5 or so minutes until the yeast begins to foam. 
   
 Add 5 cups of flour and mix until shaggy/well combined 
   
 Add flour a little at a time until the dough starts to form a ball 
   
 Knead by hand for 10 minutes (4-5 minutes with a machine) 
   
 Let rise for 20 minutes in a lightly greased bowl 
   
 Cut into 24 even pieces, and shape into balls. Then rise again for another 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 
   
 Bake 20-25 minutes  
   
   
 Notes: Were good. Bit pale/dry. Might have added too much flour. Next time might try bread flour. Might also try adding egg yolk to dough and brushing white on rolls before baking.