Cinnamon Sugar Pretzel Bites Recipes

CINNAMON SUGAR SOFT PRETZEL BITES

Steps:

• Dissolve your yeast in your warm water in a large bowl. Stir together for about 1 minute until mostly combined.
• Add in your salt, sugar and butter and stir everything together.
• Add in your flour, 1 cup at a time until dough is thick and no longer sticky. Add more flour 1 TBS at a time if needed to make sure dough isn't sticky. (Poke dough with your finger, and dough should bounce back - then it is ready)
• Lightly flour a flat surface.
• Knead your dough for 3 minutes and form into a ball.
• Oil a large bowl with nonstick spray and place dough in. Cover bowl with a towel and place in a warm area.
• Allow to rest in warm area for about 30 minutes.
• Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
• Bring 9 cups of water with ½ cup of baking soda to boil.
• Cut your dough ball into 6 sections.
• Roll each section into long ropes about 20-22 inches long.
• Cut each rope into about 10-12 1.5 inch pieces.
• Drop one rope worth of pretzel bites into your baking soda bath and let sit for 20-30 seconds. Remove with a slotted spoon and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment or a silicone liner.
• Beat together your egg and 1 TBS water in a small bowl.
• Brush egg over each pretzel bite and place on prepared pan.
• Place in oven and bake for 15 minutes or until pretzel tops are a nice golden brown.
• Remove from oven.
• Combine sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
• Dip each pretzel bite into melted butter then into cinnamon sugar mixture.
• Set back on tray and repeat with additional pretzel bites.
• Mix together your butter and cream cheese until smooth.
• Add in your powdered sugar and vanilla and mix until completely combined. (Add in milk 1/2 TBS at a time, if needed to make dip softer and smoother) Microwave for 20 seconds to reheat if you're not using immediately.

CINNAMON SUGAR PRETZEL BITES

Steps:

• With your mixer, combine flour, salt, sugar, and yeast. Then add in 1 cup warm water and mix until well combined. You could also do this by hand or use a food processor. Knead the dough until it is smooth.
• Sprinkle flour in the bottom of a bowl. Place the dough in the bowl and cover it. Allow it to sit for about 30 minutes to rise.
• Knead the dough for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Divide the dough into 4 equal sections. Form each section into strips about 8 inches long and about 1 inch wide. Cut each strip into 8 pieces so that you have 32 pretzel bites.
• Pre-heat your oven to 475 degrees.
• In a shallow dish combine one cup of very hot water with 2 tablespoons baking soda. Whisk well to combine.
• Place pretzel bites in the water/baking soda mixture and allow to site for one minute. Then flip the pretzel bites and allow to sit in the mixture for one minute longer. Arrange the pretzels on a greased baking sheet.
• Allow the pretzel bites to rest for about 5 minutes, then place them in the oven for 10-11 minutes, or until the pretzel bites are nice and brown.
• While the pretzel bites are baking, melt 4 tablespoons of butter (1 minute in the microwave does the trick) and in a small bowl combine 1/2 granulated sugar with 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Dip each pretzel bite in butter, then in the cinnamon sugar mixture.
• With your mixture, cream together cream cheese and butter. Add in confectioners sugar and mix until smooth. Add in 1-2 tablespoons of milk depending on your desired consistency.
• Serve pretzel bites with cream cheese frosting on the side.