Homemade Pretzel Bites

I decided to make some homemade  pretzel bites to go with the mustard I had made, so I assembled flour, brown sugar, eggs, butter, salt, yeast and baking soda

I took a cup and a half of warm water and dumped it into the mixing bowl

and added 6 tablespoons of melted butter, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar and 2 tablespoons of yeast

I stirred it and let it rest for 5 minutes to activate the yeast, once it was bubbling, it was ready

so I added 2 tsp of salt and added 4.5 cups of flour slowly while mixing it with a fork

once most of the moisture was absorbed, I switched over to hand mixing and started working the dough for 10 minutes

Since I had a fresh pot of hot water from making some cheese, I set the bowl onto the pot and covered it with a towel to proof for a hour, make sure the hot water is not touching the bottom of the pan, you just want any residual steam to work for you

after a hour the dough had doubled in size

so I sprayed down my cutting board with veg oil spray and dumped out the dough, my daughter says peace

I cut the dough up into 8 pieces and covered them with a towel to rest

after 5 minutes or so, they were ready

I dumped 3/4 of a cup of baking soda into 12 cups of water I had boiling, be careful, this will foam up instantly, make sure your pot is deep enough

I took one of the dough balls and rolled it out to about a 20 inch length

and cut them into about 2 inch pieces

I slowly dropped them into the pot of boiling soda water and stirred them gently for 1 minute

I sprayed a cookie tray with veg oil spray and laid the dough out on it

I whisked my 2 eggs

and brushed the dough with the egg wash and sprinkled some kosher salt on them

and baked them at 425 for about 15 minutes, or until golden brown

Bon appetit

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