Air Fryer Pretzel Bites made with simple ingredients taste just like your favorite mall soft pretzel! The perfect after school, game day or party snack, these soft pretzel bites are easy and oh so delicious!
Air Fryer Pretzel Bites
Air fryer pretzel bites are so good I seriously had a hard time even photographing this recipe because my entire family (and myself) kept eating them as they came out of the air fryer. Who would have thought these little bites could be so good?
These soft pretzel bites are the perfect game day appetizer, after school snack or weekend treat. They are great to make for a crowd because they take only a few minutes in the air fryer and this one recipe makes about 60 bites.
Best of all? These air fryer soft pretzels are totally customizable! You can dip them in melted butter or cinnamon sugar to create your own delicious flavor combos.
Ingredients – What You Need To Make Soft Pretzels at Home
Here are the ingredients you’ll need:
- Flour: All purpose flour works well in this recipe
- Water
- Sugar
- Salt
- Yeast: Instant yeast makes this recipe quicker. I used regular yeast and let it sit with the water for 5 minutes before mixing.
- Baking Soda
- Flaky Sea Salt
🔪 Instructions – How To Make Soft Pretzel Bites in the Air Fryer
Here is how you make it:
1. If using regular yeast, allow yeast to sit with water for five minutes. If using instant yeast, skip to step 2.
2. Mix together flour, yeast, water, sugar and salt and mix using a stand mixer with a dough hook paddle attachment for best results.
3. Move shaggy dough to a flour covered surface.
4. Knead dough for five minutes. Place into a bowl and cover with a kitchen towel for 30 minutes.
While dough is resting, heat 1 cup of water until boiling. Add in 2 tablespoon baking soda and dissolve.
Allow the mixture to cool and then put into a baking dish.
5. Once dough has risen after 30 minutes remove from bowl and place on a greased surface. I used a Silpat baking sheet.
6. Cut dough into six even pieces.
7. Roll dough into long, snake-like pieces, about 12 inches in length.
8. Snip 1-inch pieces of dough and add to water bath. Sprinkle each with flaky sea salt.
Once pretzels are ready, add to air fryer pan sprayed with coconut oil spray. Air fry at 400F for 4-5 minutes.
💭 Helpful Tips for Making Soft Pretzel Bites at Home
Yeast: If you are using instant yeast you can skip to the second step. Regular yeast requires a five minute rest in the water until it becomes bubbly.
How to store and reheat soft pretzel bites: I definitely recommend eating these bites the day you make them. However, you can store these pretzel bites in an airtight container for 1-2 days.
To reheat soft pretzels place them in the air fryer for 1-2 minutes or until hot and crispy.
Can I freeze pretzel bites? How do I reheat them?
To cook frozen pretzel bites brush them with a bit of water and sprinkle with salt before heating in the air fryer. They may take a minute or two more than the fresh dough.
Variations for this recipe:
Buttered pretzel bites: roll the cooked pretzels in melted butter
Cinnamon sugar bites: sprinkle moistened pretzels with sugar and cinnamon
Other Air Fryer Recipes You’ll Love!
Try these other delicious air fryer recipes:
- Air Fryer French Toast Sticks
- Crispy Air Fryer Chicken Nuggets
- Crispy Potato Wedges
- Air Fryer Hash Browns
- Air Fryer Chicken Tenders
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📋 Recipe
Air Fryer Pretzel Bites
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup water
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 ¼ teaspoon yeast
- 2 tablespoon baking soda
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoon flaky sea salt
Instructions
- If using regular yeast, add yeast to 1 cup of water and stir. Allow to sit covered with a clean kitchen towel for 5 minutes. If using instant yeast, skip to next step.
- Mix together flour, yeast, water, sugar and salt and mix using a stand mixer with a dough hook paddle attachment until dough looks shaggy, for about one minute.
- Move dough to a flour covered surface. Knead dough for five minutes. Place into a bowl and cover with a kitchen towel for 30 minutes.
- While dough is resting, heat 1 cup of water until boiling. Add in 2 tablespoon baking soda and dissolve.
- Allow the mixture to cool and then put into a baking dish.
- Once dough has risen after 30 minutes remove from bowl and place on a greased surface. I used a Silpat baking sheet.
- Cut dough into six even pieces. Roll dough into long, snake-like pieces, about 12 inches in length.
- Using kitchen shears, snip 1-inch pieces of dough and add to water bath. Sprinkle each with flaky sea salt.
- Once pretzels are ready, add to air fryer pan sprayed with coconut oil spray. Air fry at 400F for 4-5 minutes.
Notes
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