Gluten Free Soft Pretzel Bites
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For those who miss soft pretzels, making them at home is easier than you think! Especially when starting with gluten free pizza dough, you can have these gluten free soft pretzel bites ready in just a matter of hours!
The Perfect Gluten Free Super Bowl Snack
These gluten free soft pretzel dough bites have been on my “to do list” for quite some time. Ever since I made my gluten free monkey bread, I knew I needed to make these for you. I made a batch a while ago, but they needed some perfecting. Finally, I hustled to make these right, just in time for your Super Bowl gathering. Like, literally the day before. However, these gluten free pretzel bites come together easily, so you still have plenty of time.
People Over Production
So not gonna lie, January always seems to get off to a slow start for me. 2019 proved no different. The end of 2018, someone vandalized both of our cars. So between Christmas preparation, we scrambled to perform car repairs and fix our garage. Then my dad ended up in the hospital. In January, other issues cropped up that required personal time and attention. In some ways, I feel I’m just a step behind everything.
However, I feel the blessing in working from home is that I can be present in the the lives of others. Like take my husband out to lunch for his birthday. Or agree to babysit my friend’s kids while they go to court to fight for guardianship of their special needs child. May no one ever make us feel guilty for choosing people over production.
How Do You Make Gluten Free Soft Pretzels?
These gluten free soft pretzel bites really are easy to make. Remember playing with playdough and making snakes? That’s the main skill you need to make these turn out. Like they say, “I learned everything I need to know in Kindergarten”, right? Roll out the dough into long “snakes,” cut them into pieces, then boil and bake. That easy!
I made my dough using Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free Pizza Crust Mix. You can find it at many Kroger stores, and some Target stores. Use their website to find it in a store near you. Want to try it with homemade pizza dough? I recommend using Gluten Free Palate’s recipe for Gluten Free Pizza Crust.
How Do You Serve Gluten Free Soft Pretzels?
After you make the dough, you simply boil bits of pizza dough in a baking soda water bath, then bake them in the oven. Seriously, this may be one of the easiest recipes ever. It simply takes time. While you can dip these in ranch or honey mustard, I love them dipped in a good cheese sauce!
Other Gluten Free Super Bowl Snacks
These gluten free soft pretzel bites make a great snack for watching the Super Bowl, Final Four, and any other sporting event. They pair great with my Gluten Free Baked Mozzarella Cheese Sticks and gluten free meatballs. Or make any of my other mouth watering gluten free appetizers, including gluten free pigs in a blanket.
Looking for even more gluten free snacks? Check out these recipe round ups from some of my fellow gluten free bloggers!
15 Gluten Free Super Bowl Recipes from Iowa Girl Eats
45 Gluten Free Super Bowl Party Apps from Celiac Mama
Gluten Free Game Day Appetizers from What the Fork
Recipe
Gluten Free Soft Pretzel Bites
Ingredients
For the dough
- Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Pizza Crust Mix
- 1 1/2 c warm water
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp oil
- i packet yeast (included in pizza crust mix package)
For Pretzel preparation
- Extra rice flour for rolling
- 8 cups water
- 1/2 c baking soda
- salt
For the Cheese Sauce
- Full Flavor Foods Cream Sauce packet
- 2 cups cool water
- 1 1/4 cup cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Prepare gluten free pizza dough according to directions.
- Allow dough to rise for 20-40 minutes. I find it best to help my dough rise in an oven that's been preheated to 200 degrees, then turned off.
- After the dough rises, remove it from the warmed oven and let it set on the counter to allow it to come to room temperature. (NOTE- If you need these to be egg free, there is a substitution suggested on the bag.)
- Lightly dust a mat with rice flour or other gluten free flour. Take a small portion of dough and roll into long "snakes." (I had limited success in making shaped pretzels with the Bob's Red Mill dough, simply because it was too soft.)
- Cut dough "snakes" into one inch chunks. Repeat until all remaining dough is used. (Or use part for a pizza for dinner!)
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Heat 8 cups of water and 1/2 cup baking soda in a large, wide stock pot or dutch oven until boiling.
- Once water boils, add 5-6 chunks of pretzel dough in the baking soda water bath. Boil for 30 seconds, then remove to a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper. Sprinkle lightly with salt. Repeat until all remaining dough is boiled.
- Bake gluten free pretzel dough bites in 400 degree oven for 12 minutes, turning the cookie sheet 180 degrees half way through baking.
- While pretzels are baking, combine Full Flavor Foods cheese sauce mix and 1 cup cool water in a small pot. Whisk to combine, and continue whisking until cheese sauce starts to thicken. It will continue to thicken upon standing, so don't over cook it.
- Serve baked gluten free pretzel dough bites with cheese sauce and your favorite beverage of choice. Enjoy!
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Originally Published February 2019
Hmm, this is easy enough that this non-baker might just try it. I will add a big no on the cheese sauce. For me it’s straight yellow mustard. I now feel the need to run to the store.
Glad I can be an inspiration!
Great recipe, even kids love it!
I don’t know anyone that doesn’t love a soft pretzel!
These bites don’t look too difficult to make! I hope you have people coming to enjoy them for Super Bowl today!
No company coming over today. It’s been a long week, and we just need some quiet. Hubby is off to a funeral visitation, then has small group tonight. Looking forward to some quiet time and hot pretzels!
These look so delicious! Love that they’re so easy to make at home!
I had quite a few followers make these for their Super Bowl parties, with Super results!
What a fun idea! The texture looks great!
Now i need to try them again, but with a cinnamon and sugar coating next time!
We ADORE soft pretzels! Your recipe looks great and I may try with cinnamon and sugar too!
I bet they turn out perfect with your all purpose flour. 🙂
https://gfjules.com/recipes/soft-pretzels/
I accidentally bought a bag of the GF pizza crust some months back (thought I had two bags of the GF biscuit mix, ended up with one biscuit and one pizza crust), and stumbled on this on Pinterest. Cannot wait to try!!!
Oh, I hope you love it as much as we do!
Have you used any other pizza crust? I usually use the KAF’s recipe and I might have to experiment
I haven’t used a different pizza crust, but I’m pretty sure it should work with different dough.
When you put into the warm oven to rise do you cover?
not always, but it’s probably beneficial. I think the practice of covering it is to prevent drafts from blowing on it, but in the stove that’s not going to happen. You won’t hurt it by covering it, tho.
Do you know if these keep well to be eaten over the next day or two and if they freeze/thaw good?
We’ve definitely eaten these over the course of a day or two. I’ve reheated them for 10 mins or so in the oven at 350°, I think. I have not tried freezing them, and reheating them for later. I imagine it would work tho, because there are frozen pretzels one can buy at the store. Again, I would try reheating them in the oven, vs the microwave.
Thanks for asking! 😊
We are recently new to gluten free ! I made these today and they were delicious ! I did half a batch with salt and half with cinnamon sugar !!! Omgoodness so good !!! I added 2 tbls molasses to boiling water to add a little color . They came out perfect thanks so much !!
Thanks for this feedback. So glad you loved them! And so smart to intentionally separate the batch to try two different flavors
These are amazing! Thank you so much for this recipe, I didn’t even realize how much I missed soft pretzels until I tried these. I made a half batch of these and half batch of the cinnamon roll recipe on Bob’s Red Mill website (with modifications from the reviews) and both were terrific. Thanks again!
so glad you enjoyed this. I too will often only use half the dough, and use the rest for something else, like pizza. I’ve also used that dough for cinnamon rolls, and it’s delicious!
Not sure what we did wrong but this was not roll-able. So I used a small scoop and wet hands to shape them into chunks before boiling. They didn’t get even close to the color yours are in the picture but they taste good.
How much pizza crust mix? How much yeast? We buy in bulk, not by the individual packages and there’s no measurements in the recipe!
I use the 16 oz bag, which comes with one standard yeast size yeast packet.
Wow these are amazing! I was diagnosed 10 years ago, and have tried with failed attempts at making gf soft pretzels so when I bit into these and they were so soft and delicious and tasted as I remember I shed some unexpected tears! This is the first recipe I have tried of your and am looking forward to trying some more!
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I made these today for super bowl Sunday. They are AMAZING! My oven decided to stop working right when I was getting ready to bake them after baking soda bath. I threw them in batches in the air fryer. ( 10 pieces three times) at 360 air fryer for 7 minutes total, shaking halfway through.
They are now all gone, thank you for the recipe!
So glad you enjoyed them. Love that you baked them in the air fryer. Thanks for the time and temp suggestions!
Pre-celiac, soft pretzels were my absolute favorite food. I’ve spent about 14 years trying to find a decent GF version. So many recipes are really complicated, time consuming, or include a bunch of ingredients I’d never have on hand. I’ve tried a lot of recipes with limited success. Your recipe is by far the easiest I’ve found and the most successful! My non-GF friends seem to love them as much as I do. I make sure to always have this pizza dough mix on hand now! I’d kill for a buttery mall pretzel (Auntie Anne’s) and these aren’t that, but they’re great and easy and I’m so grateful to have found your recipe!
Thank you so much for this wonderful feedback. I agree, I miss the Auntie Anne’s soft pretzels. But my husband is down for these any time! So glad I can bring this favorite snack back for you.
Absolutely AMAZING! I was nervous to make these but these did not disappoint. My non-celiac dad loved them and my picky sister could not stop eating them. Only recipe I trust for these!!!
Thanks so much for this wonderful feedback. It always makes me smile to know my recipes bring joy to others!