Gluten Free Soft Pretzels
This gluten free pretzels recipe is sure to become a fast favorite! Easier to make than you'd expect, yeast free and can easily be made dairy free, you'll be enjoying this low FODMAP snack with family and friends on the regular.
Equipment
- 1 Mixing Bowl
- Stand Mixer fitted with bowl and paddle attachment
- Bench Scraper or knife for cutting dough into sections
- large pot for boiling pretzels
- Parchment Paper or Silicone Baking Mat
- Slotted Spoon or Kitchen Spider
- Pastry Brush or spoon
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups cassava flour Otto's works best
- 1 cup tapioca flour
- 1.5 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 large eggs plus 1 more for egg wash
- 2 tablespoon grass fed butter melted
- 2 tablespoon coconut oil melted
- 2 tablespoon honey
- ½ cup milk
For the Baking Soda Bath
- 8 cups water
- ⅔ cup baking soda
Instructions
- Pre heat oven to 450F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- In a large pot over medium high heat, bring water to a boil. DO NOT yet add the baking soda.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine cassava flour, tapioca flour, baking powder and salt, whisking gently to combine.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, beat eggs, milk, honey, melted butter and melted coconut oil together until fully incorporated.
- Slowly add dry ingredients to wet, gently folding together until all dry ingredients have been added. Continue folding until dough begins to form, then gently knead with your hands, forming a dough ball.
- Shape dough ball into a rectangle about ½" thick. Cut dough into 6 equal sections.
- Lightly dust your work surface with flour. Take each section of dough and roll into a rope about 8-10" long. Shape the rope into a "U" and carefully cross each end of the "U" down over to the opposite side, creating a pretzel shape. See the video for visual instructions.
- Repeat the process until all sections of dough have been made into a pretzel shape.
- Once all pretzels have been shaped, add the baking soda to the boiling water. Allow it to fizz up (this will happen quickly) and then drop in the first pretzel. Allow pretzel to boil for 30 seconds, then remove using a slotted spoon or kitchen spider and place on baking sheet. Repeat the process with each pretzel until complete.
- Whisk 1 egg in a small bowl and paint the tops of the boiled pretzels with the egg wash using a pastry brush or a spoon. Brush all pretzels with the egg wash and then sprinkle with pretzel salt.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes or until golden brown.
Video
Notes
Important Notes:
Do not add the baking soda to the boiling water until just before you are ready to boil the pretzels.
If the dough feels too sticky, add more cassava + tapioca flour 1 tablespoon of each at time until dough resembles pizza dough or playdoh texture.
You can make these gluten free pretzels into pretzel bites if you prefer, just be sure to check them at the 13 minute mark when baking to ensure they do not burn.
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