Pretzel Bites

These pretzels taste just like the ones from the mall!

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Rising Time 1

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Pour warm water into the bowl of a stand up mixer with dough hook attachment. Sprinkle yeast over warm water. Add brown sugar and melted butter and whisk until incorporated. Let stand 5 minutes.
1½ cups water, 2¼ tsp yeast, 3 oz butter, 2 tbsp brown sugar
In a separate bowl, whisk the flour and salt.
4½ cups all purpose flour, 2½ tsp salt
Slowly add flour mixture to water mixture with mixer on low until a ball of dough forms and pulls away from the sides. If dough is too crumbly, add a little more water. If dough is too wet, add a little more flour. Run for 5 minutes.
Remove dough, grease bowl and replace dough. Let the dough rise for one hour.
Prepare the baking soda bath by adding the baking soda to a pot of water and heat until simmering. It will bubble and foam up so be cautious of that.
⅓ cup baking soda, water
As the water is heating up, prepare your pretzel bites! Knead the dough for a few minutes and cut into three roughly equal pieces. Roll each one into a long rope and slice into pieces.
Once the water has reached a simmer, use a slotted spoon to lower your bites into the water. Let them simmer for 30 - 60 seconds. Remove from water and place on baking sheet. Repeat for all the dough.
Sprinkle with salt and bake at 425 for 15 minutes.

I used a stand up mixer for this recipe, with the dough hook attachment. You can do this by hand, of course, but kneading time will be longer.

Keyword bread, pretzel, snack