Pretzel Bites

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2022

Making pretzels the way German bakers do combines science and arts and crafts with a frisson of (manageable) risk. The process is fun; the payoff is spectacular.

SERVES6 to 10

TIME2¾ hours, plus 3 hours rising and resting

Pretzel Bites

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For pretzel bites that were sturdy and chewy, we started with bread flour, which contains more gluten-forming proteins, and we added just enough water to make a malleable dough. Rolling out each portion of dough with a rolling pin removed m...

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