Pizza Dough Desserts: Yummy Hot Pretzels!

Pizza Dough Desserts: Yummy Hot Pretzels! Looking for some delicious, indoor fun? Try your hand at making sweet soft pretzels. Super easy to make with store-bought pizza dough and it’s a great activity for the kids—forming the twisty shape is a fun activity for little helpers.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. store-bought pizza dough, thawed if frozen
  • All-purpose flour, for work surface
  • 1/3 cup finely chopped nuts or 1/2 cup chopped chocolate or 2 tablespoons fennel seed
    olive oil, for bowl and baking sheet
  • 3 tablespoons baking soda
  • 2 tablespoons coarse sugar

Instructions

  1. Place dough on a lightly floured work surface; sprinkle with nuts, chocolate, or fennel seed (or use whatever you want, get creative!). Gently knead to incorporate. Transfer to an oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let rest 1 hour.
  2. Divide dough into 8 equal pieces. On a lightly floured work surface, roll each piece into an 18-inch-long rope. To shape dough into pretzels, form each dough rope into a U-shape and twist ends twice. Fold twisted end down and pinch to secure (see below). Transfer pretzels to an oiled baking sheet and let rest 20 minutes.
  3. Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Bring a large pot of water to a boil; add baking soda. In batches, boil pretzels until puffed and slightly shiny, about 1 minute. With a slotted spoon, transfer to a wire rack to drain. Return pretzels to baking sheet; sprinkle with sugar. Bake until golden brown and cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes, rotating sheet halfway through. Serve warm or at room temperature. (To store, keep at room temperature, up to 2 days.)

 

Tip: When forming pretzels, form each dough rope into a U-shape and twist ends twice. Fold twisted end down and pinch to secure.

Recipe courtesy of MarthaStewart.com.

 What’s your favorite pretzel topping or dip? Maybe cinnamon and chocolate chips? Mmmmmmmm.

 

 

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