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    Home » Recipes » Air Fryer » Air Fryer Pretzel Bites

    Air Fryer Pretzel Bites

    Published: Dec 31, 2020 · Modified: Apr 15, 2021 by Lyndsey · This post may contain affiliate links

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    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! Easy soft pretzel bites recipe - check out the video!
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    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 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! Easy soft pretzel bites recipe - check out the video!

    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.

    small pretzel bites

    Ingredients – What You Need To Make Soft Pretzels at Home

    Here are the ingredients you’ll need:

    ingredients for making soft pretzel bites at home

    • 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:

    steps for making pretzel bites at home

    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 tbsp baking soda and dissolve.

    baking soda and water

    Allow the mixture to cool and then put into a baking dish.

    steps for making air fryer pretzel bites

    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.

    pretzel bites in a small pan

    💭 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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    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! Easy soft pretzel bites recipe - check out the video!

    Air Fryer Pretzel Bites

    Air Fryer Pretzel Bites taste just like mall soft pretzel bites!  Soft pretzel bites - the perfect after-school, game day or party snack!
    Course Snacks
    Cuisine American
    Keyword air fryer pretzel bites, air fryer soft pretzel bites, soft pretzel bites
    Prep Time 40 minutes
    Cook Time 5 minutes
    Servings 60
    Author Lyndsey

    Ingredients

    • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
    • 1 cup water
    • 1 tsp sugar
    • 1 tsp salt
    • 2 1/4 tsp yeast
    • 2 tbsp baking soda
    • 1 cup water
    • 2 tbsp flaky sea salt

    Instructions

    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. While dough is resting, heat 1 cup of water until boiling.  Add in 2 tbsp baking soda and dissolve.
    5. Allow the mixture to cool and then put into a baking dish.
    6. Once dough has risen after 30 minutes remove from bowl and place on a greased surface.  I used a Silpat baking sheet.
    7. Cut dough into six even pieces. Roll dough into long, snake-like pieces, about 12 inches in length.
    8. Using kitchen shears, snip 1-inch pieces of dough and add to water bath.  Sprinkle each with flaky sea salt.
    9. Once pretzels are ready, add to air fryer pan sprayed with coconut oil spray.  Air fry at 400F for 4-5 minutes.

    Recipe Notes

    This recipe is adapted from one originally posted by King Arthur Baking.

    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

    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! Easy soft pretzel bites recipe - check out the video!

     

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