Soft pretzel recipe : Cinnamon sugar bites

by Meadow Brown BakeryNov 15, 20140 comments

I originally started making these pretzel bites, cinnamon sugar bites when I could not be bothered to make the authentic pretzel shape but now I make them as a variation of the soft pretzel recipe. I will show you how to make Pretzel balls in this recipe. They are quick and simple to make and they make nice bite size chunks.

Ingredients

250 grams plain flour
250 grams bread flour
350 ml lukewarm water
7 grams active dry yeast
2 tablespoons light brown muscovado sugar
1 teaspoon salt

For dipping

120 ml warm water
1 tablespoon bicarbonate of soda

Decorating

120 gram sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon powder
4 tablespoons melted butter

Method

Put the lukewarm water in a bowl, large enough to hold all the ingredients, sprinkle yeast and stir to dissolve
Add sugar and salt and stir to dissolve
Add flours and mix with a wooden spoon until almost combined
Knead dough with your hands whilst in the bowl until you form a rough ball
Put dough onto a work top and knead with your hands until smooth
Put the dough in a clean bowl and let it rise for at least 40mins
Whilst its rising grease 3 baking trays, like the ones you would use to bake cookies on. If you don’t have three you can bake in batches, cleaning and re-greasing the tray after use
When dough has risen prepare dipping water by putting the 1 cup of warm water and 1 tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda together in a bowl and mixing
Divide the dough into pieces, about 30 grams each and roll into balls
Dip the unbaked balls into the bicarbonate water mixture.
Let them rise again for 40minutes
5 mins before they finish rising, preheat the oven to 230° Celsius/450° Fahrenheit for about 10 minutes or until golden brown
When they are cool enough to handle brush with the melted butter and roll them into the cinnamon sugar mixture