Harvest Pretzel Bites
Makes about 4 dozen.
Dough:
3 1/2 cups whole spelt flour or whole wheat flour
1 cup white spelt flour or unbleached wheat flour
2 1/4 teaspoons dry yeast (I love-love-love SAF yeast!)
1/4 cup vanilla sugar or granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons cooking oil
1 1/2 cup milk (warm, but not hot)
3/4 cup dried cranberries
1 large apple, finely chopped
For boiling:
2 quarts boiling water with 2 Tablespoons salt added
For dipping after baked:
1/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cup granulated sugar(can be organic evaporated cane or vanilla sugar)
3-4 teaspoons cinnamon
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray two large cookie sheets with spray cooking oil.
Mix all of the dry ingredients in a large bowl.(The 1st 5 ingredients.)
Add milk and oil.
Add cranberries and apple.
At this point, I use my Kitchenaid mixer with the dough hooks. If you wish too do this by hand, mix the ingredients well. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead until elastic and springy (7-8 minutes). Cover the dough and let it rise until doubled. Once doubled, turn the dough out onto a floured surface and roll out into a rectangle that is about 1/2" thick (maybe a tad bit thicker). Let it rest about 20 minutes. Start a large pot with water and salt boiling.
Cut into bite sized squares.
Drop a handful of these squares into the boiling water.
This step gives them the smooth surface of a soft pretzel and it plumps them. Turn them while boiling if possible. Boil them a total of 2 minutes.Remove them with a slotted spoon to paper towels, but do not leave them there for long or they will stick. This step is only to dry them. Place them quickly on the cooking sheets with a small space between them. Do the next batch the same way until you use up all of your squares.
Bake them for 20-25 minutes. While they're baking, melt 1/4 cup of butter.
Mix together cinnamon and sugar, in a small bowl.
When the squares are baked, loosen from the baking sheets with a spatula. Dip each square in the butter and roll in the sugar. Place them on a serving platter.
We enjoyed these with breakfast. We had so many leftover, that we enjoyed them midday when we got home from going to the thrift shops. While we were munching on these I'd swear I heard "oink-oink!"
"It wasn't us. You wouldn't share your Harvest Bites with us! Huh! And they call us pigs..."
Oh, yummy!!!
ReplyDeleteThese sound perfect for this cold 29 degrees winter morning. Thanks!
ReplyDeletethese sound so good! maybe a bit dangerous around here for me, I would probably eat until I couldn't move...but maybe to have on Christmas morning with coffee while we begin our day of fun!? Thanks!
ReplyDeletePoor little piggies! No treat for you!
ReplyDeleteOMG Patrice, TOTAL deliciousness! I want about 6 of them with my hot tea this morning. Probably more.
ReplyDeleteOh how wonderful and they looks so good, I will be trying this recipe. Spelt is also my favorite kind of wheat to use.
ReplyDeleteI have only found it in the kernel and have had to grind my own. Is that how you buy it?
WOW ~ you just whipped those up huh?? Those look AH-maze-ing!!!
ReplyDeleteThose look delicious! I am going to make some tomorow.
ReplyDeleteWhen I see recipes like this... It really makes me miss being able to eat sugar.
ReplyDeleteI am so jealous of you!!! Terry
they look so yummy!! I'm going to try this I swear.
ReplyDeleteThose look so good with the sugar all over them!
ReplyDeleteI'm a new follower!
ReplyDeleteThese pretzel bites sound GOOD.
Sound delicious and what a fun technique to work with the little ones. Thanks.
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