Vegan Pretzel Buns • It Does not Style Like Rooster

Home made Vegan Pretzel Buns have an attractive golden crust, are tender and chewy, salty and buttery, and extremely scrumptious! Take pleasure in them as a snack with some mustard, serve them alongside some soup, dip them into melty vegan cheese, or use them as a burger bun! Enjoyable to make and SO scrumptious!!!!

Vegan pretzel buns take a little bit of time to make, however every step is tremendous straightforward, and the top result’s completely value it. That is the proper weekend challenge, and the pretzel buns freeze splendidly so you may get pleasure from all of them week lengthy. The approach of constructing pretzels is a little bit distinctive in that they have to be boiled in a baking soda tub earlier than they’re baked. That is what makes the skin of the buns get that stunning chewy golden crust. 

If you wish to use these buns on your burgers, simply notice that the recipe makes 12 smaller buns that are excellent for slider buns. Or if you’d like full sized burger buns, divide the dough into 8 (as an alternative of 12) to make 8 full-sized burger buns.

Methods to Make Vegan Pretzel Buns:

To make the dough:

In a big bowl whisk collectively the sugar and yeast. Then add within the heat water and blend. Cowl the bowl with a clear kitchen towel then let relaxation for 10 minutes. The combination ought to be very foamy. If it is not foamy, your yeast is probably going too previous so you can purchase new yeast and take a look at once more.

Add the melted vegan butter, salt, and flour to the yeast combination and stir in till a shaggy dough types.

Evenly flour a clear work floor and switch the dough onto the floor. Knead the dough for 3 – 5 minutes till it comes collectively into a pleasant agency ball of dough. If the dough will get sticky when kneading it, mud it with extra flour as typically as wanted.

Evenly grease a big clear bowl with extra melted vegan butter. Put the dough into the greased bowl, and switch the dough round within the bowl in order that the dough ball will get calmly coated in vegan butter. Cowl the bowl with a clear dish towel. Let rise someplace heat for 1 hour till doubled in dimension. The oven with simply the sunshine turned on is a superb place to rise dough.

To form the vegan pretzel buns:

Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
As soon as the dough has doubled in dimension, you may punch it down and take away it from the bowl.

Lower into 12 even items if making small vegan pretzel buns, or 8 even items if making bigger burger buns, and form each bit right into a ball. Place the balls on the ready baking sheets.

To prepare dinner the buns:

For the baking soda tub: pour the ten cups of water into a big pot and produce to a simmer. Stir within the baking soda, it’s going to foam loads after which settle. Drop two buns at a time into the bathtub and boil for simply 20 seconds. Use a slotted spoon or spatula to take away the buns and place them on the baking sheets. Repeat with the remaining buns. The baking soda tub is what offers the buns that darkish brown colour, with out it, they’d be white and doughy).

To brighten the buns: as soon as the entire buns have been within the tub, use a pointy knife to attain an “x” on the highest of every bun. Evenly brush every bun with melted vegan butter and sprinkle them with flake salt.

To bake the buns: bake at 400°F (200°C) for 20-25 minutes or till a deep golden. Let cool for 10 minutes and revel in heat or enable to chill utterly and retailer in a sealable bag at room temperature for two – 3 days or you may freeze them. Take pleasure in as a snack with mustard, serve with soup or salad, or use them as a burger bun.

These vegan pretzel buns are:

• Salty, chewy, buttery, scrumptious
• Nice for snacking or making burgers
• A enjoyable baking challenge
• Freezer pleasant

What to serve with pretzel buns:

Dip them into my Straightforward Vegan Cheese Sauce
Or Vegan Spinach Artichoke Dip
Serve them alongside Vegan Zuppa Toscana 
Or My Go-To Vegan Soup
Use them as a bun for Seitan Burgers or Vegan Beet Burgers

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Bon appetegan!

Sam Turnbull.

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