Incredibleness

Oh. My. God.

I'm not sure what it is about this new recipe that I found that makes them so delicious.

Though it's probably the butter.

Or the sugar.

Or the butter.

Or the sugar...

Pinterest win right here, and that doesn't always happen. But I saw them and was like, "Those look easy, I'll make them for dessert tonight."

The only mistake I made was that we had people over so I had to share.

Recipe is from Redfly Creations.

I did not make the glaze...I think for me that would have been overload. But had we not been quite so stuffed from a particularly good lasagna (who knew a little goat cheese goes a long way?) we would have served them warm over vanilla ice cream.

Enjoy!

Cinnamon and Sugar Pretzel Bites

Makes approximately 10 dozen bites 

INGREDIENTS

1 cup warm water

1 tablespoon yeast

3 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1 tablespoon melted butter

1 teaspoon salt

For before baking:

1 1/2 cup warm water

1 1/2 tablespoon baking soda

Cinnamon/Sugar dip

1/4 cup melted butter

1/4 cup sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

Powdered Sugar Glaze

1 cup powdered sugar

3 teaspoons milk

Take the tablespoon of yeast and pour it into 1 cup of warm water.  Let it sit 10 minutes.  Next, mix the 3 cups of flour, sugar and salt.  Pour in the melted butter and water/yeast mixture.  Kneed in the mixer until the sides of the bowl come clean.  Let rise until double (30-60 min).

Once the dough has risen, roll it out to about 1/4" thickness.  Cut into 2" squares.  Combine the 1 1/2 cup of warm water and 1 1/2 tablespoon of baking soda.  Dip the 2" squares into the water/baking soda mixture then place on greased (I did not do this...but I have some very nice nonstick cookie sheets) cookie sheet.
  

Bake at 425 degrees for 7-8 min (I found that at my altitude, 5 minutes was more realistic).  

As soon as the bites come out of the oven, dip them in the 1/4 cup melted butter.  Mix the 1/4 cup sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon, and roll them in there. (Can you see where our problems might have started?)

Serve warm with powdered sugar glaze. 

Ciao,
kc

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