Cinnamon Sugar Soft Pretzel Bites
Make this popular shopping mall snack at home using refrigerated pizza dough!
Ingredients
- 12 oz. refrigerated pizza dough
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 2 Tbsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
Dipping Sauce
- 4 oz. cream cheese at room temperature
- 1 cup confectioner's sugar
- 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter at room temperature
- 2 Tbsp. milk
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
- Place refrigerated pizza dough in a buttered bowl covered with plastic wrap and allow it to come to room temperature.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place the dough onto a cutting board and divide it into 4 equal portions. Roll each portion into a long, thin rope.
- Cut each dough rope into equal pieces, about 1 inch long.
- In a shallow bowl, dissolve the baking soda in 2 cups of boiling water. Dunk the dough bites into the water. Remove them and place them in a single layer onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, until golden brown.
- Melt butter in a microwave save dish. Coat the warm pretzel bites in melted butter and rest them on a wire rack for 2 minutes.
- Combine cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl. Toss the pretzel bites in the cinnamon sugar coating.
- To make the dipping sauce, beat the cream cheese and butter together using an electric hand mixer. Add the powdered sugar, vanilla and milk and beat on low speed to combine.
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