Easy Sourdough Pretzel Bites | Soft, Chewy & Homemade

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.

Mix 175 g of warm water, 1 teaspoon of granulated sugar, and 145 g of sourdough discard in a large bowl until smooth.

Sprinkle 8 g of active dry yeast on top and let it bloom for about 5 minutes until bubbly and foamy.

Add 285 g of all-purpose flour and 1 teaspoon of salt to the mixture after the yeast has bloomed.

If using a stand mixer, knead the dough on low to medium speed for about 8 minutes until sticky but not overly sticky.

Transfer the dough to a lightly oiled bowl (using avocado oil spray) and cover it with a kitchen towel or plastic wrap.

Let the dough rise in a warm place for about 1 hour until it has doubled in size.

Lightly flour your countertop and gently pour the dough onto it, ensuring it comes out easily from the oiled bowl.

Shape the dough into a ball and cut it into four roughly equal pieces using a dough scraper or sharp knife.

Take one piece of dough and roll it into a log, then cut it into pretzel bites, usually about 5 or 6 per strand.

Repeat the rolling and cutting process for the remaining pieces of dough.

Prepare a baking tray for the pretzel bites.

Dunk each pretzel bite in a soda bath before baking.

Bake the pretzel bites until golden brown.

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