Pretzel Bites

By Christie

Easy homemade pretzel pieces that will disappear quickly

Ingredients

• Bath:
• Homemade Pretzel Bites
• 1 1/4 1 1/4 1/4 cup warm water
• 1 1 1/4 T. plus 1/4 tsp. yeast
• 3 3/4 3 3/4 3/4 c. all-purpose flour
• 3/4 3/4 2 c. + 2 T powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 1 1/2 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 2 2 tsp. vegetable oil
• 2 2 2 c. warm water
• 1/4 1/4 1/4 c. baking soda
• Place all ingredients (except bath mixture) into bread machine and run the dough cycle.
• 10 you do not have a bread machine, make these like any other dough. Mix water/yeast (let sit 10 minutes), add dry ingredients, knead, raise until doubled.}
• to 425 is done, preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Make a bath for the pretzels by combining the baking soda with warm water and stir until soda is mostly dissolved (it won't dissolve completely).
• 4 4 4 minutes, then rotate pan and bake another 4 minutes.

Details

Adapted from brandycrafts.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

For your basic salted pretzels, sprinkle pretzel dough with kosher salt BEFORE baking. When they come out of the oven, brush with melted butter.

For Garlic Parmesan pretzels, sprinkle with kosher salt BEFORE baking. When they come out of the oven, brush with a mixture of butter and garlic powder. Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese.

For cinnamon/sugar pretzels, brush with butter AFTER baking and then roll in cinnamon/sugar.