Seasons and Suppers· by Jennifer Maloney★ 5.0 (13)

Soft Pretzels and Beer Cheese

Name: Soft Pretzels and Beer Cheese
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 8, 8 pretzels
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water (warmed to 105F); 1 Tablespoon white granulated sugar; 2 1/4 teaspoons instant or active dry yeast; 2 teaspoons coarse Kosher salt (use less if using fine salt and a bit less if using salted butter); 1/4 cup unsalted butter (melted and cooled to lukewarm); 4 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and levelled, plus more as needed); 10 cups water; 2/3 cup baking soda; 1 large egg yolk beaten with 1 Tablespoon water; Coarse Kosher or Pretzel salt; 3 Tablespoons butter; 3 Tablespoons all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup beer (lager recommended but ale will work, too); 1 cup milk (at least 2%); 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard powder; 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce; 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt; 1/4 teaspoon black pepper; 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 2 - 2 1/2 cups cheddar cheese (freshly grated (not pre-grated)); 1/2 cup old white cheddar cheese (freshly grated, or other cheese or just more orange cheddar)

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 8 · 1h 45m total

Servings

Calories

26% of a 2,000 cal day

515KCAL

Protein

17g34% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat24g

31%

Saturated14g

68%

Unsaturated11g

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Total Carbs55g

20%

Fiber2g

Total Sugars3g

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incl. Added Sugars2g

Starch50g

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Sodium6204mg

100%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Homemade soft pretzels served with a warm, creamy beer cheese dip. Classic and satisfying, both components freeze well for later.

Ingredients

8 SERVINGS

1½ cupslukewarm water
1 tbspwhite granulated sugar
2¼ tspInstant yeast — or Active Dry yeast
2 tspcoarse Kosher salt
¼ cupunsalted butter — melted, cooled to lukewarm
4 cupsall-purpose flour
10 cupswater
⅔ cupbaking soda
1large egg yolk beaten with 1 Tablespoon water
Coarse Kosher salt — or Pretzel salt
3 tbspbutter
3 tbspall-purpose flour
½ cupbeer — lager or ale
1 cupmilk (at least 2%) — at least 2% milkfat
¼–½ tspdry mustard powder
½ tspWorcestershire sauce
¼ tspgarlic powder
½ tspKosher salt
¼ tspblack pepper
⅛ tspcayenne pepper
2–2½ cupscheddar cheese — freshly grated
½ cupold white cheddar cheese — aged, freshly grated, or other cheese or orange cheddar

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Method

1h 45m total

Read the method on Seasons and SuppersJennifer Maloney’s original page

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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