It’s Wednesday so you all know what that means… It’s time for your Hump Day Treat! I have become addicted to looking up recipes on Facebook and this one really caught my eye. Cinnamon sugar pretzel bites…HOLY YUM! I love cinnamon sugar donuts and I love pretzels so what could be bad by combining them together? Nothing. If you want to see a full video of this amazing recipe check out Tasty for Buzzfeed with this link: Cinnamon Sugar Pretzel Bites Video

 

Ingredients:

2 ½ cups warm water

2 ¼ teaspoons instant yeast (1 packet)

1 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons melted butter

1 tablespoon brown sugar

4 cups flour

3 eggs

 

For Baking soda bath:

9 cups of water

½ cup baking soda

 

For Cinnamon sugar coating:

¼ cup melted butter

¾ cup sugar

3 teaspooons cinnamon

 

Optional Cream cheese dip

4 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)

¼ cup butter (room temperature)

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

1 ½ cups powdered sugar

 

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees
2. Dissolve yeast in warm water in a large bowl (Stir together for a minute until it is mostly combined)
3. Add salt then add sugar then add butter and stir them all to combine them together
4. Add flour but add the flour only 1 cup at a time until the dough is thick and no longer sticky ( to test if the dough is good poke your finger into the dough and if it bounces back you are good to go!)
5. Flour a surface area and knead the dough for 3 minutes until it forms a smooth ball
6. Place dough in a bowl that is lightly oiled and cover it with plastic wrap to rest for 30 minutes
7. Bring 9 cups of water to a boil
8. Get a baking sheet that is oiled and ready to go
9. After the water is boiling add ½ cup of baking soda
10. Take the dough and pull bit-sized pieces and make them into small round balls and drop them into the baking soda bath. Boil each ball for 25 seconds
11. Remove the dough bites and place on the oiled baking sheet from step 8
12. Beat together your eggs and brush over each pretzel bite
13. Place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes or until the pretzel bites are golden brown
14. While they are in the oven in a small bowl combine the sugar and cinnamon
15. If you chose to make the cream cheese dip its simple! Combine butter and cream cheese and blend it until it is smooth
16. Remove the pretzel bites from the oven
17. Dip each pretzel bite into the melted butter then roll in cinnamon sugar mixture
18. Place them all together on a serving tray together so people can dip and drip the cream cheese dip everywhere.

ENJOY!

(image taken from buzzfeed food)