Satisfy your salty snack cravings with a bowl of warm Red Robin pretzel bites! Now you can bring soft but tasty bites to your afternoon snack ensemble. Want an even fuller experience? Enjoy these Red Robin warm pretzel bites with their famous beer cheese dip.
Preparation:
35mins
Cooking:
25mins
Total:
1hr30mins
Serves:
24
Ingredients
For Pretzel Dough:
1cupbread flour
1cupall-purpose flourplus more for dusting
¾cupwarm milk
2tbspbrown sugar
1½tbspunsalted buttermelted
1tbspactive dry yeast
1tspsalt
vegetable oilfor greasing
coarse sea saltfor sprinkling
For Pretzel Bath:
9cupswater
½cupbaking soda
For Egg Wash:
1pcegg
2tbspwater
For Serving:
⅓cupqdoba queso dip*or cheese sauce of your choice, per serving
Instructions
Prepare your pretzel dough first. Combine milk, sugar, and yeast in a large mixing bowl. Whisk until dissolved.
Cover and set aside to allow the yeast to activate for at least 30 minutes.
While waiting, sift together both flours and salt. Set aside and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
Once the yeast has activated, add your melted butter and sifted flour mixture. Stir to combine until it forms a sticky dough.
Place your dough onto your working table and knead until smooth for at least 10 minutes. Dust your working area with more flour as needed.
Grease a mixing bowl with oil, then place the dough into it. Cover and set aside to rise for at least an hour.
While waiting, preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.
Prepare your pretzel bath by boiling water in a soup pot. Gradually add baking soda and whisk until dissolved. Set aside to keep warm.
Prepare your egg wash by whisking together all ingredients. Set aside.
When ready, divide your dough into 4 equal portions, roughly 3 ounces each. Take each portion of dough and roll it into a 22 to 25 centimeters long rope.
Cut each rope into 1-inch pieces. Place these onto your lined baking sheet, inches apart from each other.
Bring your pretzel bath to a boil and blanch your pretzel dough for no more than 30 seconds. Drain then return onto your baking sheet, still inches apart from each other. Repeat until you have portioned and blanched all your pretzel bites in this manner.
Brush your blanched pretzel bites with egg wash, then sprinkle some coarse sea salt on top.
Bake for roughly 20 minutes and set aside in a warm area once done. Enjoy your warm pretzel bites with cheese sauce!
Recipe Notes
* Check out our Qdoba Queso Recipe to go with these tasty pretzel bites!