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Pretzel Bites with Quick Cheddar Dip Recipe

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Pretzel Bites with Quick Cheddar Dip
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Ingredients
12
Count
Nutrition
387
Calories
Total time
195
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Make Pretzel Dough: Stir together warm water and yeast in a large bowl and let stand until a creamy beige foam develops on the surface, about 10 minutes. (If mixture doesn't foam, start over with new yeast.)
  2. Meanwhile, in a smaller bowl, stir together flour, salt, and light brown sugar.
  3. Add flour mixture and butter to yeast mixture, and stir together first with a wooden spoon and then with your hands, until it forms a dough. On a lightly floured surface, knead dough until it is smooth and elastic, 8 to 10 minutes, dusting with more flour as needed if dough sticks to work surface.
  4. Transfer dough to a lightly oiled large bowl and turn over to coat with oil. Cover with a kitchen towel (not terry cloth) and let rise in a draft-free place at room temperature until doubled, 2 to 3 hours.
  5. Alternatively, after kneading, let dough rest at room temperature for 15 minutes, then transfer to oiled bowl as above, and let rise in the refrigerator overnight (12 hours or up to 2 days).
  6. Punch down dough and divide into quarters. Form each quarter into 4 balls. Roll each ball into a 12-inch-long rope. Cut each rope into six (2-inch) pieces, and transfer to wax paper–lined rimmed baking sheets.
  7. Bake Pretzels: Heat oven to 450°F with racks in upper and lower third. Well oil 2 large baking sheets (about 17- by 12- inches).
  8. In a 4- to 5-quart saucepan, bring water and baking soda to a boil (mixture will be foamy at first, but foam will dissipate). Add 12 pretzel bites and cook 30 seconds (they will rise to the surface almost immediately), then transfer with a slotted spoon to baking sheets. Quickly sprinkle pretzel bites lightly on both sides with pretzel salt before they dry (so salt sticks). Repeat with remaining pretzel bites, returning water to a boil between batches.
  9. Bake pretzel bites in oven, switching sheets between racks and rotating sheets halfway through baking, until deep chestnut brown, 8 to 10 minutes (watch closely toward end of baking; bites brown quickly in last few minutes). Immediately transfer pretzel bites to wire racks to cool.
  10. Make Cheddar Dip: Purée cheese with 6 tablespoons wine or water in a food processor fitted with knife blade, stopping and scraping down sides with a spatula occasionally, until mixture is creamy and smooth, about 2 minutes. Thin to desired consistency with additional wine or water, adding it 1 tablespoon at a time. Serve immediately, or chill, covered, and return to room temperature before serving.
  11. Cooks' Notes: •You can buy pretzel salt in some specialty food stores or online. •Pretzel bites are best the day they are made, but they can be made 1 day ahead and kept in a resealable plastic bag or frozen 1 month. Thaw, and rewarm, if desired, in a 350°F oven for about 5 minutes. •Cheddar dip is delicious plain, but you can flavor it with your favorite prepared mustard (we used grainy Dijon). Start with 2 teaspoons, adding more to taste, as desired, and/or caraway seeds (2 to 3 teaspoons, or to taste), coarsely ground in an electric coffee/spice grinder. Caraway seeds will be even better if you lightly toast them first (before grinding) in a dry heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring, until fragrant and a shade darker, 2 to 3 minutes.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 386.77 Kcal (1619 kJ)
Calories from fat 144.57 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16.06g 25%
Cholesterol 46.56mg 16%
Sodium 4492.12mg 187%
Potassium 137.54mg 3%
Total Carbs 39.82g 13%
Sugars 0.57g 2%
Dietary Fiber 1.98g 8%
Protein 18.22g 36%
Iron 2.6mg 14%
Calcium 343.6mg 34%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 97.84 Kcal (410 kJ)
Calories from fat 36.57 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4.06g 25%
Cholesterol 11.78mg 16%
Sodium 1136.37mg 187%
Potassium 34.79mg 3%
Total Carbs 10.07g 13%
Sugars 0.14g 2%
Dietary Fiber 0.5g 8%
Protein 4.61g 36%
Iron 0.6mg 14%
Calcium 86.9mg 34%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 8.7
    Points
  • 10
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol,
  • sugar free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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