Every time I go to the mall there are two places that I HAVE to stop at….

One is Jamba Juice because I worked there in college and used to drink a smoothie every.single.day. and now I miss it horribly.

The other is Auntie Anne’s Pretzels.

There is something so addicting about those little pretzel bites. Regular or Cinnamon Sugar….I don’t care, but I will inhale the entire package. 

Since I don’t get to the mall all that often, I decided to just make them myself and I am so excited to share this recipe with you all!!

 

Let me start my saying that once these

Auntie Anne’s Cinnamon Sugar Pretzel Bites

came out of the oven,  my entire family ran over and downed the first batch. 

These are SO SO SO good and will not last long in the kitchen!

Here’s how to make them yourself:

Ingredients:

1 (1/4 oz) package active dry yeast (2 1/4 tsp)

1 cup warm water

2 Tbsp granulated sugar

2 Tbsp light brown sugar

1 Tbsp vegetable oil

1 tsp salt

1 1/2 cups bread flour

1 to 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour, plus more

3 cups hot water

1/4 cup baking soda

1/2 cup butter, melted

Cinnamon-Sugar Topping:

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 Tbsp ground cinnamon

 

To Make:

 

Using a mixer, add 1 cup warm water, yeast, and 1/2 tsp granulated sugar, mix to dissolve and let sit 10 minutes. 

Put the whisk attachment onto the mixer and add in remaining sugar (1 Tbsp + 2 1/2 tsp), brown sugar, vegetable oil, and salt. 

With mixer on low, slowly add in bread flour and mix well. 

Switch to the hook attachment and gently add in all purpose flour. Knead mixture on low until the dough is smooth, elastic, and slightly sticky. (You can add up to 1/4 cup more flour to reach consistency). 

Transfer to a buttery bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and allow to rest in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 – 2 hours. 

 

After it has rested, preheat oven to 425 degrees and punch the dough and divide into 4 equal portions.

Lightly add flour so the dough won’t stick to the surface your working on, and roll out each section into a rope about 25-28 inches long.  

Cut into bite size pieces.

Pour hot water and baking soda into a bowl and whisk to dissolve. 

Using a slotted spoon, dip a few pieces of dough into the water mixture, then lift and let water drip off, then transfer to a silpat lined baking sheet. 

 

 

 

Repeat that process until baking sheet it full, rewarming the water in between batches. 

Bake for 8 minutes until they are golden brown. 

Remove from oven, dip into melted butter, toss to coat, and let excess drip off. 

Transfer to plate and while they sit, they will absorb the butter. 

Look at those addicting pretzel bites….i dare you to only eat one!

To make the Cinnamon-Sugar Pretzel Bites, then you have one more step.

In a small bowl, mix together granulated sugar & cinnamon until well blended. Dip butter coated pretzel bites into cinnamon sugar mixture and toss to coat.

There you have it….buttery pretzel bites or cinnamon-sugar ones….your decision!

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