Sometimes everything inside of me wants a soft buttery pretzel, but then there is dinner. Not everyone approves of soft pretzels for dinner (I know crazy to believe). So to make sure I pleased everyone at the dinner table I turned my craving into a roll for fried chicken sliders. These rolls have the soft fluffy pretzel center with a slightly crunchy classic dinner roll crust. If you prefer a softer roll just swap the bread flour for AP flour.
I know I have been on a baking kick lately, but I just love carbs in the holiday season. Which is not agreeing with my current diet might I add. I won’t lie to you. I will probably be flooding these pages with holiday treats the next few weeks. Do not hate me for it. Deep inside I just know it is the right thing to do.
- 1 cup warm whole milk
- 1 packet of fast active yeast
- 1 tbsp melted butter
- 2 1/2 cups bread flour
- 1 tbsp sugar
- pinch of salt
- water for boiling
- 1 tbsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp melted butter
- kosher salt
- In a large bowl mix together the milk, yeast, and sugar.
- Let sit for about 5 minutes until the yeast starts to bubble.
- Mix in the flour and salt.
- Form into a ball and cover with melted butter.
- Let rise in a warm draft free place for at least an hour. I personally like to leave it for 2 hours.
- Section dough into 6 pieces and roll into balls.
- Prepare the boiling water and add the baking soda.
- Add each ball of dough into the water and let boil for 30 seconds.
- The longer the dough boils the chewier the dough gets so do not over boil.
- Place on a baking sheet and brush on the butter and sprinkle with salt.
- Preheat the oven to 350.
- Let the dough sit while preheating the oven.
- Once ready bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Serve fresh from the oven! I love mine with chicken, but you can use these as dinner rolls or cheeseburger buns! Yum!
