Bread Machine Pretzels come together easily with help from the bread machine. Get homemade results without a lot of effort. They bake up with that familiar chewy center and a lightly crisp outside. They’re simple enough to make again and again when you lean on a bread machine to do most of the work for you.

The pretzel dough is soft and easy to work with once it’s mixed and risen in the bread machine. The resulting pretzels are chewy, salty and 100% dip-able. Serve them warm, fresh out of the oven with your favorite cheesy dip.

Using your bread machine gives it new life and a reason to still exist in your kitchen arsenal. If you don’t have one look for them at the thrift store, they’re often donated by people who move up to a stand mixer. Or ask in your local buy nothing group, that’s where I got mine!

Ingredients for Bread Machine Pretzels

The ingredient list is short and made up of pantry basics you likely already have on hand. If you need a great shopping list/meal planning sheet grab mine for free! Download it, print it off, make copies of it and suddenly you’re never out of the ingredients you need and want for a recipe.

warm water
brown sugar
all purpose flour-you can use bread flour OR all-purpose flour
salt
bread machine yeast or active dry yeast
water
baking soda
egg
water
coarse kosher salt

Change Up This Recipe

You can skip the pretzel shape and make sticks or bites instead. Or any other fun shape you want to make.

Instead of salting these pretzels make them sweet. But do it after baking. Brush them with melted butter when they’re fresh out of the oven, then sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.

Leftover Pretzels

If you have leftovers pretzels store them in an airtight container at room temperature for a day or two. The salt will melt into the preztels when you’re storing them. The salty finish will still be there but the big flakes will be melted.

To reheat them you can wrap them in foil and reheat quickly in the air fryer. Or wrap them in a paper towel and reheat them in the microwave just until they’re warm. Don’t reheat them too long or they’ll get crispy. They’re still good at that point but not the big soft chewy pretzel you’re looking for.

Bread Machine Pretzels

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Prep Time: 20

Cook Time: 12

Rise Time: 1 30

Total Time: 2 2

Servings: Pretzels

Calories: 200kcal

Soft chewy pretzels made easy with the bread machine and finished with a classic salted crust.

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Ingredients

Dough

1 cup + 1 tbsp warm water
3 tbsp brown sugar
3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp bread machine yeast or active dry yeast

For Boiling

8 cups water
1/2 cup baking soda

For Topping

1 large egg
1 tbsp water
Coarse kosher salt

Instructions

Make the Dough

Add water, brown sugar, half of the flour, in that order, to the pan of the bread machine
Make a small well and add the yeast
Add the remaining flour and the salt
Select the dough setting and start the machine
During the first kneading cycle check the dough, if it seems too dry, and add up to 1 tbsp water if needed
let the dough cycle finish

Making the Pretzels

Preheat the oven to 425°F
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silpat baking liners
When the dough is finished gently press out the air
Divide into 8 equal pieces, set aside, and cover
Bring 8 cups of water to a boil in a large pot
Carefully stir in the baking soda, whisk to combine, be careful here the baking soda can foam up and bubble over

Boil and Bake The Pretzels

Whisk the egg and water together to make an egg wash, set aside
Roll each piece into a rope about 18-20 inches long
Twist into pretzel shapes, take the two ends and twist them together, then fold it over to the bottom of the pretzels, use a little water to the glue the ends in place, set on the prepared baking sheet
Once all the pretzels are twisted up drop pretzels into the boiling water 1 to 2 at a time
Boil for 10 to 15 seconds
Remove with a slotted spatula and place back on the baking sheet
Repeat with the remaining pretzels
Brush over the egg wash over the boiled pretzels and sprinkle with coarse kosher salt
Bake for 13 to 15 minutes until deeply browned