Cinnamon Sugar Soft Pretzel Bites

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 1 Egg, large

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/2 cup Baking soda
  • 1 tbsp Brown sugar
  • 3 tsp Cinnamon
  • 4 cups Flour
  • 2 1/4 tsp Instant yeast
  • 1 1/2 cups Powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 3/4 cup Sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla

• Dairy

  • 10 tbsp Butter
  • 4 oz Cream cheese

• Liquids

  • 10 1/2 cups Water

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Description

Ingredients

• 2¼ tsp instant yeast
• 1½ cups warm water
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 TBS brown sugar
• 2 TBS melted butter
• 4 cups flour
• 1 large egg + 1 TBS water
• 9 cups water
• ½ cup baking soda
• ¼ cup melted butter
• ¾ cup sugar
• 3 tsp cinnamon
• 4 oz cream cheese, softened
• ¼ cup butter, softened
• ½ tsp vanilla
• 1½ cups powdered sugar

Directions

• Dissolve your yeast in your warm water in a large bowl. Stir together for about 1 minute until mostly combined.
• Add in your salt, sugar and butter and stir everything together.
• Add in your flour, 1 cup at a time until dough is thick and no longer sticky. Add more flour 1 TBS at a time if needed to make sure dough isnt sticky. (Poke dough with your finger, and dough should bounce back - then it is ready)
• Lightly flour a flat surface.
• Knead your dough for 3 minutes and form into a ball.
• Oil a large bowl with nonstick spray and place dough in. Cover bowl with a towel and place in a warm area.
• Allow to rest in warm area for about 30 minutes.
• Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
• Bring 9 cups of water with ½ cup of baking soda to boil.
• Cut your dough ball into 6 sections.
• Roll each section into long ropes about 20-22 inches long.
• Cut each rope into about 10-12 1.5 inch pieces.
• Drop one rope worth of pretzel bites into your baking soda bath and let sit for 20-30 seconds. Remove with a slotted spoon and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment or a silicone liner.
• Beat together your egg and 1 TBS water in a small bowl.
• Brush egg over each pretzel bite.
• Place in oven and bake for 15 minutes or until pretzel tops are a nice golden brown.
• Remove from oven.
• Combine sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
• Dip each pretzel bite into melted butter then into cinnamon sugar mixture.
• Set back on tray and repeat with additional pretzel bites.
• Mix together your butter and cream cheese until smooth.
• Add in your powdered sugar and vanilla and mix until completely combined. (Add in milk ½ TBS at a time, if needed to make dip softer and smoother) Microwave for 20 seconds to reheat if youre not using immediately.