These easy pretzel bites are done in 30 minutes and are delicious! They are made with refrigerated pizza crust dough but taste homemade!**This recipe will make anywhere form 25-30 pretzel bites depending on how big you cut the pieces of dough.
1roll/can (13.8 oz.)Pizza Crust Dough *in the refrigerated section
Boiling Baking Soda Water
2quartsBoiling water
1/4cupbaking soda
Egg Wash
1egg yolk (yolk only)
1tbspcold water
Pretzel Toppings (for baking and after baking)
kosher salt/coarse salt*for sprinkling on after the egg wash BEFORE baking
2tbspbutter, melted*for brushing on after baking - use more as needed but 2 tbsp is usually plenty
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 400℉. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or grease a baking sheet.Prepare a separate baking sheet- line it with paper towels. A large plate will work also. You will use this to place the boiled pretzel bites on after they come out of the boiling baking soda water.
The Pretzel Bites from the Pizza Crust Dough
Open the pizza crust dough. Do not separate the dough on the pre-cut lines. Keep it one big piece/sheet of dough. Cut the dough into four long, equal strips (lengthwise - see photos above).Take each piece and fold up the sides lengthwise pinching it together, making a long piece of dough. Do this to all 4 long pieces of dough.Cut the dough into 1 to 1 1/2 inch pieces (or bigger if you want them bigger).
Baking Soda Boiling Water
Using a large stock pot, add your baking soda to the 2 quarts of water and bring it to a boil.Drop the pretzel bites in the boiling water with baking soda. Do not overcrowd the pretzel bites. You will probably need to do this in batches.Let the pretzel bites boil for about 30 seconds and take them out of the water with a slotted spoon. Place the wet pretzel bites on the paper towels, in a single layer. They will look mushy and gooey - that is how they are supposed to look. Repeat until all of the pretzels bites have been boiled in the baking soda water.
Egg Wash
Prepare your egg wash with the egg yolk and cold water, whisking the egg yolk and cold water together. While the pretzel bites are on the paper towels, brush the egg wash on top of each pretzel bite. Transfer the preztel bites to your baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Be careful - some of the bites may tend to stick to the paper towels, just peel them off the best you can. It is ok if the pretzel bites are close together.Sprinkle the kosher/coarse salt on top of the egg wash on the pretzel bites.
Baking the Pretzel Bites
Bake the pretzel bites at 400℉ on the center rack/middle of the oven for about 8 minutes. Then, set your oven to broil and let them brown on the tops just a bit more until they are golden brown, or to your liking. Brush the tops with the melted butter immediately after they are out of the oven!
Serving the Pretzel Bites
Serve your pretzel bites warm, straight out of the oven. Serve them with marinara sauce, nacho cheese, cheddar cheese, ranch dressing, blue cheese dressing, Alfredo sauce or any dipping sauce you like.
Notes
You can top these with garlic parmesan. After baking, brush them with butter and sprinkle them with parmesan cheese (the green bottled kind) and garlic salt and garlic powder.Make these into cinnamon-sugar bites. Do not add the salt before baking. Brush or roll them in butter after baking and sprinkle or roll them in a cinnamon-sugar blend. Serve them with a side of cream cheese frosting.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated and should only be used as an approximation.