These soft sourdough pretzels bites are tender and chewy and a great sourdough recipe to use with your sourdough starter! Rolled in cinnamon and sugar and served with a cream cheese dip, these make a great treat!
1cup100% hydration sourdough startereither discard or fed and active
¾cuplukewarm milk
1Tablespoongranulated sugar
1Tablespoonunsalted butterroom temperature
2tspinstant yeast
1 ½tspsalt
Baking Soda Bath
9cupswater
½cupbaking soda
Egg Wash
1egg
1Tablespoonwater
Cinnamon Sugar Topping
¼cupmelted butter
¾cupgranulated sugar
3teaspoonscinnamon
Cream Cheese Dip
4ouncescream cheeseroom temperature
4Tablespoonsunsalted butterroom temperature
1 ½cupspowdered sugar
1teaspoonvanilla extract
1Tablespoonmilk
Instructions
Make the dough
Combine all the ingredients for the dough in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment. Mix until the dough is fairly smooth but fairly sticky.
Cover the dough and allow it to rest for 45 minutes in a warm place. It should double.
Cooking the pretzel bites
When the dough has doubled, preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat, and place a large pot of water on to boil. Place some paper towels under a wire cooling rack on the counter beside the oven.
When the oven has preheated and the water is boiling, turn the dough out onto lightly greased surface.
Roll the dough out into a rectangle that is about ½” thick.
Using a pizza cutter or sharp knife, cut the dough into 12 equal strips lengthwise.
Cut each strip into pieces about 1.5” long.
Add ½ cup of baking soda to the boiling water.
Drop the pieces of dough into the boiling water bath, about 1 ropes worth at a time.
Cook for 20-30 seconds, stirring to turn over halfway through.
Remove the pieces with a slotted spoon and place on a wire rack. When all the pretzels have gone through the baking soda water bath, place them on the prepared baking sheet.
Brush the pretzel bites with the egg wash.
Bake for 15 minutes.
Place the pretzel bites in a large bowl and drizzle the melted butter over them. Toss to coat.
Add in the cinnamon and sugar and toss to coat.
Enjoy!
Make the Cream Cheese DipIn a medium mixing bowl, mix all the ingredients together until smooth. A hand mixer works best, but a whisk will work, too.
Notes
How to store these pretzel bites
Plan on eating these the day you make them, or store them in a paper sack for the next day. Don't store in a plastic bag or a sealed container as they will get soggy and stale.
Can I use other toppings?
You bet! Instead of cinnamon and sugar, you can also use: - Coarse Kosher Salt - A spice blend like Za’atar or Italian seasoning - Toasted Sesame Seeds - "Everything" bagel topping