Learn with your kids and be full at the same time with this easy alphabet soft pretzels recipe! A perfect fun snack for everyone.

let’s make alphabet soft pretzels recipe

We regularly bake bread at the Quirky home, but we made pretzels for the first time as a family. They were so good I think I ate four at one time! This easy recipe was adapted from All Recipes, and they are really, really good!

We decided to use our soft pretzel time as a chance to play with letters and had fun forming different letters of the alphabet!

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Alphabet soft pretzels ingredients

Here’s what you’ll need to make this easy pretzels recipe.

• 4 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 1 ¼ cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• ½ cup baking soda
• 4 cups hot water
• ¼ cup kosher salt, for topping

directions to make alphabet soft pretzels recipe

Step 1

In a small bowl, dissolve yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar in 1 1/4 cup warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.

Step 2

In a large bowl, mix together flour, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt. Make a well in the center; add the oil and yeast mixture. Mix and form into a dough. If the mixture is dry, add one or two more tablespoons of water. Knead the dough until smooth, about 7 to 8 minutes.

Step 3

Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl, and turn to coat with oil. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

Step 4

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.

Step 5

In a large bowl, dissolve baking soda in 4 cups hot water; set aside. When risen, turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide it into 12 equal pieces.

Step 6

Roll each piece into a rope and twist it into a pretzel shape or alphabet letters. Once all of the dough is shaped, dip each pretzel into the baking soda-hot water solution and place pretzels on baking sheets. Sprinkle with kosher salt.

Step 7

Bake in preheated oven until browned, about 8 minutes.

Step 8

Once cooked, serve, and enjoy!

So did you try making these yummy alphabet pretzels? What did your kids think?