Copy Cat Auntie Anne’s Pretzel Bites

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: bread flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber while bread flour can enhance texture.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Start by adding 2 packets of dry yeast (about 1.5 tablespoons) to a bowl.

Pour in 2 cups of warm milk, ensuring it feels like bath water temperature.

Add in 7 tablespoons of brown sugar and 2 teaspoons of salt.

Mix in 4 tablespoons of melted butter that has been cooled.

Add 1 cup of flour and mix with a mixing tool.

Switch to a kneading tool and gradually add in more flour, one cup at a time, until the dough starts to form.

Once the dough sticks together, remove it from the mixer and knead by hand, adding more flour as needed.

Lightly grease a bowl and place the dough inside, covering it with a towel to let it rise for about an hour in a cool spot.

After rising, punch down the dough to relieve air bubbles.

Sprinkle flour on the countertop and cut the dough into about 8 pieces, rolling each into a ball.

Roll each ball into a long shape, treating it like a jump rope, being gentle to avoid breaking.

Cut the long shapes into bite-sized pieces.

In a separate bowl, mix 1/3 cup of baking soda with 3 cups of water.

Soak the bite-sized pieces in the baking soda mixture, ensuring they are soaked but not overly wet before placing them on parchment paper.

Preheat the oven to 450°F and bake the pretzel bites for about 9 to 10 minutes or until browned.

Once out of the oven, brush both sides of the pretzel bites with about 1 stick of melted butter.

Prepare toppings by mixing salt in one bowl and a sugar and cinnamon mixture in another bowl, shaking to combine.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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Allergens