Homemade Soft Pretzel Bites

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 ¼ teaspoons Active Yeast

  1 packet Yeast
• 2 teaspoons Salt
• 1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar

  We like Dark Brown Sugar
• 4 Tablespoons Butter
• 4 ¼ Cups Flour

  All Purpose flour
• Coarse Salt
• ½ Cup Baking Soda
• 6 Tablespoons Cheddar Cheese

  Use your favorite cheese. We used cheddar and pepper jack Cheese
• 3 Tablespoons Cream Cheese
• 20 Lil Smokies

  or Fully Cooked Cocktail Weenies

Instructions

• 1 Melt Butter
  
  In a mixing bowl whisk together 1 ½ Cups of warm water and Yeast. Let sit for
  one minute.
• 2 Whisk melted butter, salt, and brown sugar into the water yeast mixture
• 3 Attach the dough hook to the mixer. Add flour ¾ cup at a time into the yeast
  mixture and mix on low with the dough hook
• 4 Continue to add flour until the dough is no longer sticky and the dough bounces
  back when poked gently with your finger. NOTE: Add ¼ cup of flour at a time
  until the dough is no longer sticky.
• 5 Let the dough rest for 10 minutes. Cover the mixing bowl with a clean towel.
  
  Preheat oven to 400°
• 6 Shred Cheese and mix in Cream Cheese
• 7 Lightly spread flour on a clean counter. Place pretzel dough on the flour. Cut
  dough with a dough cutter or sharp knife into sections.
• 8 Roll the dough to form small dough circles
• 9 Place the cheese mixture into the center of the dough
• 10 Or place a lil smokie in the center of the dough
• 11 Press dough around the cheese or lil smokie and seal
• 12 Another fun ingredient is hot dogs or cooked sausage links. Roll out the dough
  the length of the hot dog and wrap the dough around the hot dog.
• 13 Or add long strips of cheese. (This is better than cheese sticks.). Wrap the
  dough around the cheese and seal
• 14 In a large saucepan add 8 cups of water and ½ cup baking Soda. Bring to a boil
  
  Drop 5 or 6 of the pretzel bites into the boiling baking soda water. Leave in
  for 25 to 30 SECONDS.
• 15 Line baking sheets with foil and lightly spray with cooking spray. Place boiled
  Pretzel bites on the foil-lined baking sheet.
• 16 Continue with baking soda bath until all pretzels have been cooked for 25 to 30
  seconds
• 17 Sprinkle Course salt or your favorite seasoning onto Pretzels.
  
  Place Pretzels in the oven. Bake for 15 minutes or until Golden Brown.
• 18 ENJOY with your favorite dip!!!!

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