Servings 90 pretzel bites
Ingredients
For the pretzel bites:
- 1 1/2 cups
warm (110-115°F) water
- 1 Tablespoon
sugar
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 (1/4-ounce)
package active dry yeast
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- Vegetable oil
- 2/3 cup baking soda
- 1 large egg yolk beaten with 1 Tablespoon water
For the pumpkin spice coating:
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 Tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
- 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
Make the pretzel bites:
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook, combine the water, sugar and pumpkin pie spice. Sprinkle the yeast on top and allow it to sit until foamy, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Add the flour, salt and butter to the bowl and mix on low until the ingredients are combined.
- Increase the speed to medium and knead the dough until it is smooth and pulls away from the side of the bowl, about 3 minutes.
- Remove the dough from the bowl. Clean the bowl, grease it with vegetable oil and return the dough to the bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place it in a warm, dark place until it has doubled in size, about 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 450°F and position the oven racks in the middle two positions in your oven.
- Line two baking sheets with parchment paper then lightly oil the paper.
- In a large, heavy-bottomed stock pot, stir together the 10 cups of water and the baking soda then bring the mixture to a rolling boil.
- Turn the dough onto your work surface and divide it into 6 pieces. (Do not flour your work surface.)
- Roll each piece into a rope roughly 1-inch in diameter then cut each rope into 1-inch pieces to form the pretzel bites.
- In batches, add the bites to the boiling baking soda mixture for 30 seconds then use a slotted spoon to remove them onto the oiled baking sheets.
- Brush the bites with the egg wash then bake them until golden brown in color, 10 to 12 minutes, rotating the pans (between racks and turning to rotate pans) halfway through.
- Remove the soft pretzel bites from the oven. Let them cool for 5 minutes before coating (recipe follows).
Make the pumpkin spice coating:
- Add the melted butter to a large bowl. In a separate large bowl, whisk together the sugar and pumpkin pie spice.
- Working in batches, dip a portion of the pretzel bites in the melted butter then add them to the bowl with the pumpkin spice mixture and toss to combine. Repeat the coating process with the remaining pretzel bites then serve.
- ★ Did you make this recipe? Don't forget to give it a star rating below!