Salted Pretzel Bread Bowls
My friends, baking with yeast has just gotten a whole lot easier. Let me introduce you to my new baking assistant: Red Star PLATINUM Yeast. Let me tell you about some amazing salted pretzel bread bowls that I made with it. Let me tell you how quick and simple and oh-so-soft these bread bowls turned out.
Are you apprehensive about working with yeast? Sometimes I am. I can’t lie. Sometimes it’s intimidating. Yeast can have their own opinions and just go off and do their own thing from time to time.
But not this yeast. Red Star PLATINUM yeast is simplified yeast, if you will. It contains dough strengtheners, it gives a little nudge to the bread dough to make sure it doesn’t fall flat but helps it to rise even higher. And it helped give these bread bowls an amazingly light texture. I’ve already used the yeast several times and the results are flawless. It nearly takes the guess work out of baking. Learn a little more about Red Star Premium Superior Baking Yeast with this video and check out some recipes using the yeast on the Red Star website.
And the bread bowls – the perfect vessel for fall soups and stews, right? I told you a few weeks ago that I’m on a bit of a soup kick and it hasn’t slowed down one bit. These bread bowls came in quite handy for some quick chicken noodle soup a couple of weeks ago. The salty top was perfect for the golden outer shell.
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Salted Pretzel Bread Bowls
Yield: 4 bowls
Total Time: 90 minutes
Homemade soft pretzel bread bowls with sea salt. A perfect vessel for soup!
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups warm water
1 Tbs. granulated sugar
2 tsp. coarse sea salt
1 (1/4-ounce) package Red Star PLATINUM yeast
5 cups all-purpose flour (about 24 ounces)
8 cups water
1/4 cup baking soda
1 egg yolk
1 Tbs. water
Coarse saltDirections:
Combine the water, sugar and sea salt in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Sprinkle the PLATINUM yeast on top and allow it to sit for 5-10 minutes until a layer of foam appears on the top of the liquid.
Turn the mixer on to low speed and add in the flour, one cup at a time and mix thoroughly. I used a full five cups of flour, but you may need a little more or a little less depending on how we your dough is. Increase the speed to medium and knead for about 5 minutes until the dough is smooth and pulls away from the bowl. While the dough is kneading, oil a large glass bowl. Turn the dough out onto the counter and shape it into a ball. Place the ball into the oiled glass bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and store in a warm place for about an hour until the dough has doubled in size.
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Line a baking sheet with a Silpain liner or parchment paper.
Bring 8 cups of water to a simmer with the baking soda. Meanwhile, divide the dough into four equal pieces and roll into evenly-shaped balls. One by one, place the balls of dough into the boiling water for 1 minute, turning once. Remove and return to the Silpain liner.
Mix the egg yolk and 1 tablespoon water in a small bowl. Brush the tops of each bread bowl and then sprinkle with coarse salt. Slit an “x” into the top of each bowl.
Bake in the preheated oven for 12-14 minutes until golden brown. Transfer to a cooling rack.
Adapted from Alton Brown
Red Star wants to give one of you a VIP Red Star PLATINUM Package!
This giveaway is now closed; the winner has been notified. Here’s what it includes:
Samples of Red Star PLATINUM Superior Baking Yeast
A floor-length Red Star apron (I love it!)
A Red Star wood cutting board
A reusable grocery bag
Coupons for the yeast
Bonus! The winner of this VIP Package will also be entered to win a KitchenAid Mixer to be held on November 12.
Here’s how to enter:
Required entry: (You must do this to be entered into the giveaway.) Leave a comment below telling me your favorite fall recipe.
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The giveaway will be open from Monday, October 22 until Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 11:59 pm. Each participant can submit a total of five (5) entries. The winner will be contacted via email using the address used to leave a comment below. The winner will have 48 hours to respond before another winner is chosen. Open to US residents. No purchase necessary to enter.
Disclaimer: This post & giveaway are being sponsored by Red Star Yeast. As always, the opinions expressed are 100% my own.
First off, these bread bowls look perfect for a cold day, filled with soup. Mmm! Secondly, my favorite fall recipe would probably be sweet potato cinnamon rolls. I love the warmth it makes me feel this time of year! 😀
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These bread bowls look SO perfect, Cassie! YUM!
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My absolute favorite fall meal is Chocolate Chipotle Chili – it’s so good!
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Just wanted to say that those bread bowls looks amazing. Pretzel rolls are probably my favorite bread item ever. If they’re really, really good. And these look amazing. 🙂
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I love pretzel rolls for my burgers and have been wanting to try the bowls for soup. My favorite fall recipe is prob my dad’s pumpkin pie
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Love bread bowls, and while I’ve had pretzel bagels, bread, bread sticks, and rolls, I never considered making them larger to accommodate soup. This would be so good with a beer cheese soup tucked inside.
Oh man I do love a good bread bowl…and a pretzel bread bowl is definitely all the more awesome! My favorite fall recipe is butternut squash lasagna. SO GOOD.
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Oh my goodness — LOVE any excuse to eat homemade pretzels. These bowls look delish!!
You are my favorite person today! These rolls look SO GOOD and I’ve been craving a salty soft pretzel lately. My favorite fall recipe is apple spice cake with caramel sauce. It’s everything good about fall. Sigh…
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These pretzel bowls look delish. I think they would work great with anything. Favorite fall recipe this week would be white chicken chili. Who knows what next week’s will be.
Fall Recipe – Homemade Red Chili. So good on those cold fall days after a trip to the dog park 🙂
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I adore pretzel bread bowls after my one and only time making them. I need to make more! These look fantastic. Uhmm favorite fall recipe – anything with apples… duh 😉
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Fav Fall Food…..Chili, now I can kick it with bread bowls!!
Pretzel. Bread. YES, PLEASE!! Cassie, these look like they should be in a store window!
I already make bread bowls by baking the dough on an upside down large cupcake pan but ill definitely have to try this recipe!
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Hubby’s favorite soup is Clam Chowder. He’s not a fan of many kinds of soup, but I love it too! It will be spectacular in one of these bowls! Thank you!
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I NEED this. It’s not a want, but a serious need. Pretzels are my favorite, and so are bread bowls. It’s like you were living in my mind when you thought of such a perfect vessel.
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Cassie, Thank you so much for telling us about this yeast. Ever since moving to Florida I have been unable to make a good loaf of bread. I can’t figure out what it is. Using bottled water helps a bit. I’m going to try out this yeast and hope that it gives my bread the boost it needs. -Christine
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I can think of about 1000 things I would like to eat out of these bread bowls Cassie! One of my favorite fall recipes is any type of soup, but Chicken Wild Rice at least once during the season!
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This recipe looks so easy and yummy. I am just starting to get into breadmaking and I find I really enjoy it (when it turns out good). I’m very interested in this new Red Star Platnium Yeast, I have always used Red Start Quick Yeast. I’m not sure of it’s availability in northern WI, but I will be on the look out for it. Thank you for the recipe and here is my favorite fall recipe, oven roasted fall veggies i.e. carrots, squash, sweet/red potatoes, and anything else you can dream up. Delicious!
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I can almost smell these Cassie just beautiful!
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I’m such a baking with yeast flunkie! I can not get it right for some reason. These are making my mouth water. It’s probably a good thing I can’t bake bread. I would balloon up from eating it all!! Love this recipe!
Okay, you’ve convinced me! I will bake with yeast. I will bake with yeast. I will bake with yeast. These bowls look like so much fun to make. I really just need to put on my big girl panties and do it!
I planned on trying my hand at bread bowls this week and I’ve immediately decided these will be the ones. I love, love, love autumn recipes but at least for right now I think my favorite is the potato soup I made last week. I had about 2 cups of leftover roadted carrot sauce that I had made for pasta and I stirred the sauce in with the soup. It totally put it over the top!
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These are the perfect bowl for soup. I love pretzel rolls, but haven’t ever done them as bowls – time to change that! My favorite fall recipe: pumpkin bread maybe? so hard to pick!
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Oh man that fluffiness of the bread bowls is killing me! I definitely have an aversion to yeast but I’m slowly trying to get over that! Especially if it means that I can make these bread bowls and put in a homemade tomato basil soup. YUM! And thanks for the giveaway! My favorite fall recipe has to be pumpkin bread.
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Yum! These look amazing. Perfect vehicle for soup on a chilly fall day!
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My husband and I were just talking about making our own bread bowls…yay for this awesome looking recipe. I will be trying it for sure!!! Favorite fall recipe…anything with pumpkin it it:-)
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These are amazing Cassie! I love soup in the fall and this is the perfect way to serve it! I can’t wait to give these a try.
These salted pretzel bread bowls look amazing. I’m terrified of working with yeast. I’ve had 2 horrible experiences so I’d love to retry for a third time. My favorite fall recipe is homemade apple sauce!
Those bread bowls look amazing!!! My favorite fall food has to be Potato Soup. My kids love it and I make it all kinds of different ways! Fall=soup to me! A close second would be the Thanksgiving meal. I look forward to that all year long!
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I love these Pretzel Bowls. I can’t wait to try them because my husband is a bread fanatic!!
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My favorite fall recipe to make is Split Pea Soup! And I think these pretzel bowls will be amazing with it!
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It’s hard to name just one favorite fall recipe. I’ve been using alot of pumpkin and apples both. I’ve tried some new recipes too that were really good. (Thanks to pinterest!)But I must say my favorite is still my pumpkin pie, made using my mother’s recipe!
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My family would LOVE these, yum! Fall recipes?? Anything soups, apple, pumpkin, spiced, braised!
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My favorite fall recipe is chili! It would be delish served in these pretzel bowls
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My favorite fall recipe is a Kale & Golden Beet soup – this bread bowl would be PERFECT for serving!
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my fave fall recipe is turkey shepherd’s pie. Sometimes I mix it up with a little sweet potato crust. I do love homemade cranberry sauce too!
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