Air Fryer Pretzel Bites
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! Total prep, rising and air fry time is only 45 minutes!
Servings 60 bites
Calories 20kcal
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 basket sprayed with coconut oil spray. Air fry at 400F for 4-5 minutes.
Notes
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: 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.
How to reheat: To reheat soft pretzels place them in the basket for 1-2 minutes or until hot and crispy.
Freezer: Bites may be frozen up through instructions before air frying. Freeze in a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months. May be cooked straight from frozen allowing a few extra minutes.
Variations for this recipe:
Buttered pretzel bites: roll the cooked pretzels in melted butter
Cinnamon sugar bites: sprinkle moistened pretzels with sugar and cinnamon
Nutrition
Serving: 1pretzel | Calories: 20kcal | Carbohydrates: 4.1g | Protein: 0.6g | Fat: 0.1g