Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, pretzel bites. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Pretzel Bites is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Pretzel Bites is something which I have loved my whole life.
Place the bites into the solution, gently swish them around, and leave them there for a couple of minutes. Transfer them to a greased or parchment-lined baking sheet, and top with pretzel salt or sea salt; or with pearl sugar, for sweet pretzel bites. These pretzel bites are crunchy on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside, and they don't require lye. We also have a recipe for a spicy cheese dip to serve on the side.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook pretzel bites using 19 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Pretzel Bites:
- Prepare Pretzel ingredients
- Make ready 1 1/2 Cups Warm Water
- Make ready 1 Packet Yeast (2 1/2 tsp)
- Get 1 Tsp Salt
- Take 1 Tbsp Brown Sugar
- Take 1 Tbsp Shortening (softened)
- Prepare 1 Tsp Butter flavoring (optional)
- Get 5 Cups Flour, General Purpose
- Get Soda bath
- Make ready 9 Cups Water
- Take 1/2 Cup Baking Soda
- Make ready Prebake
- Make ready 1 Egg White (Large Egg)
- Make ready Coarse Sea Salt
- Prepare Other things
- Get sheet Cookie
- Get Parchment paper
- Prepare bowls Several
- Get spoon Slotted
Brush the tops with the egg wash and season liberally with the salt. Easy homemade pretzel bites brushed with melted butter and sea salt. This easy pretzel recipe makes the perfect appetizer or snack! Always a big crowd pleaser and gone in minutes!
Steps to make Pretzel Bites:
- Gather all the ingredients. Prep work is key to making this go smoothly.
- In a bowl, whisk together warm water and yeast. Let sit for a minute or so.
- Whisk in the salt, brown sugar, shortening, and butter flavoring (if desired.) Whisk until well blended. NOTE: while trying for an emulsion, it is perfectly fine to have broken up bits of shortening in the bowl.
- Using wooden spoon, or dough hook, gradually add flour 1/2 cup at a time, until the dough is not the consistency of paste, and has a slight spring to it.
- Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface, and knead for three minutes.
- Lightly cover with cloth, and let rise 10 minutes.
- While dough is rising, prepare Soda bath on stove top and bring to a boil. Preheat oven to 400F.
- Once dough has risen, deflate and flatten it slightly. Cut into long strips. A pizza cutter works well at this point.
- Cut the long strips into smaller squares.
- Roll each square into a ball and set aside. Repeat until dough is used up.
- In batches of four or five, place dough balls into soda bath for around 30-45 seconds. Lift out with slotted spoon, drain, and set on parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Repeat step 11 until all dough balls are done.
- Wash each dough ball with egg white, and sprinkle generously with coarse sea salt.
- Bake for approximately 17 - 19 minutes, until deep golden brown with a hard shell crust.
- Remove. Cool. Enjoy!
This easy pretzel recipe makes the perfect appetizer or snack! Always a big crowd pleaser and gone in minutes! Although making homemade bread may seem intimidating, it doesn't have to be! These easy pretzel bites are a great starting point for beginners because they don't need to rise and are baked in under an hour. Line a tray with paper towels.
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