Pumpkin Beer Soft Pretzels
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Like pumpkin beer? Then you'll LOVE these homemade soft pretzels, with real pumpkin and pumpkin beer right in the dough! Brushed with melted butter and dusted with pumpkin spice sugar, they're a fun and delicious seasonal fall treat!
Today is a special day because we are celebrating a fellow blogger with a baby on the way!
You know I've done the virtual baby shower thing many times before here on Baking a Moment, but today it's a little different because this time, that fellow blogger is a guy.
We're celebrating David from Spiced Blog today! And his wife Laura, and their little oven bun, who'll be making his appearance very soon.
So it's dude food all around and plenty of it! Be sure to scroll all the way down so you can see the whole list of all the fabulous fella-treats that my peeps are bringing to the party.
When I think of dude food, a few things spring to mind, one of which is definitely beer. I've yet to meet a guy that doesn't love beer. And at this time of year, it's all about the pumpkin brews. I just love the roast-y flavor and subtle hint of cinnamon spice that you get with a seasonal pumpkin ale!
So you've heard of beer soft pretzels, I'm sure. This recipe does them one better by using your favorite seasonal pumpkin brew, right in the dough! We're even going to take it a step further by adding real pumpkin puree. It gives these homemade pretzels a great color and a really nice soft and moist texture.
The bread dough itself is super-simple to make. It's really kind of a dump-and-stir situation. You end up with a really silky dough that smells amazing (slightly tangy), and is really fun to work with. Roll it into long ropes and then twist!
Once they're all shaped, you just let them rise for a bit, and then drop them in a pot of simmering water with a few tablespoons of baking soda added. This quick bath is what gives a soft pretzel it's signature flavor and deep nutty-brown color.
Let them drain on clean towels and then bake them up in the oven! After they're cooled a bit, you can brush them with a little melted butter and coat them in the most incredible sweet/salty pumpkin spice sugar. Move over, Auntie Anne's!
I think these pumpkin beer soft pretzels would make THE perfect game day snack. Especially at this time of year when it's all about the pumpkin!
Now let's all drool over all the delicious offerings at this baby shower!
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Now be sure and head over to Spiced Blog and give David and Laura your best wishes!
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Ingredients
For the Pumpkin Beer Soft Pretzel Dough
- 1 cup (236 ml) pumpkin beer
- ½ cup (122.5 g) pure pumpkin puree
- ¼ cup (55 g) light brown sugar
- ¼ ounce (7.09 g) dry active yeast, (1 packet)
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) kosher salt
- 4 cup (500 g) all-purpose flour, (you may need as much as 4 ¼ cups)
Additionally
- large pot of boiling water
- about ¼ cup baking soda
- about 2 tablespoons melted butter
- ⅓ cup (66.67 g) granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- Place the beer, pumpkin puree, and brown sugar in a large bowl, and heat in the microwave in 15 second increments, until very warm (but not hot).
- Stir together, then sprinkle the yeast on top and set aside for 5 minutes, or until the yeast has fully dissolved.
- Add the oil and salt, and stir in 4 cups of flour. Mix until the dough forms a ball and pulls away from the sides of the bowl cleanly. (If the dough is too sticky, add up to ¼ cup of additional flour.)
- Allow the dough to rise (covered) for 45 minutes.
- Line baking sheets with parchment paper, and lightly mist with non-stick spray.
- Divide the dough into 12 equal portions, and roll each into a rope about 18-inches long.
- Twist into a pretzel shape, and place on the prepared pans.
- Allow to rise for 25 minutes.
- Fill a large pot with water and bring to a low boil.
- Add baking soda, and boil the pretzels for about 30 seconds on each side. Drain on clean towels.
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F, and transfer the pretzels to parchment-lined baking sheets.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until deep golden brown and puffy.
- Cool the pretzels completely.
- Stir the sugar, pumpkin pie spice and salt together in a small bowl.
- Brush the pretzels lightly with melted butter, then coat with the Pumpkin Spice Sugar.
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These look beautiful Allie! But I had to giggle to myself because only in America would you find something like pumpkin beer! Amazing! 🙂
Who needs Auntie Anne's when you can have these gorgeous beauties! Seriously, they look perfect, Allie:) Love the pumpkin beer!
Yes who needs Auntie Anne when you can make such gorgeous pretzels at home! they look amazing Allie!
"I’ve yet to meet a guy that doesn’t love beer." #Truth I've been loving the seasonal beers lately, and you totally took them to a whole new level. Pumpkin beer in pretzels...with more pumpkin...and then topped with pumpkin spice? Oh man, my brain just went into flavor overload in the best way possible. I need these pretzels in my life. Thank you so much for this post, Allie...it really does mean SO much to me!
Such a great idea to use pumpkin beer in the dough instead of regular beer! These pretzels look sensational, Allie!
Allie, these are BEYOND fabulous! I mean beer soft pretzels in their own right are delicious, but PUMPKIN beer soft pretzels WITH pumpkin spice sugar on top?? OMG, I NEED these, IMMEDIATELY! SO yum!!! What a great way to celebrate David and Laura's baby on deck! Pinned! Cheers, my dear!
You make it sound so easy lady! I need to try my hand at pretzels for sure. Love the pumpkin beer here.
These sound perfectly fall Allie! Tom is going to LOVE them! Congrats and good luck to David and Laura!
This is seriously such a fun post! And who wouldn't want pumpkin, beer and pretzels all at the same time! Pinned!
These look unbelievable!!!! I want them for game days all year!
Ahhh! I love that you're all throwing a baby shower for David. The guys need some love every once in a while too! These pretzels = amazing. I'm a huge fan of beer and carbs (you all ready knew that though), so I'm going to love these!
That coating looks awesome and these look amazing! Love how autumnal they are 🙂
These look fantastic - I love how you fall-ified them with pumpkin and pumpkin beer!
I am not a huge beer fan - but I am a HUGE soft pretzel fan and a HUGE pumpkin fan - and dang - these look so mouthwateringly delicious!
Having grown up in Philadelphia...I can never resist a soft pretzel. Pumpkin ones sound amazing!
Allie, I LOVE these pumpkin beer pretzels!!!! Such a great idea and they look so good!!!