Pizza Dough Pretzels Recipes

SOFT PIZZA PRETZELS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spray with nonstick spray.
• Cut the pizza dough widthwise into 8 strips. Using your palms, roll each strip against the counter to create an even log about 18 inches long. Fold the log into the shape of a pretzel, twisting the ends together at the center. Repeat with the remaining strips of dough.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the baking soda with 2 cups warm water. Using a slotted spatula, lower a pretzel into the baking soda solution and lift out, allowing any excess to drip off. Slide the pretzel onto the baking sheet. Repeat with remaining pretzels.
• In a small bowl, combine the Parmesan, oregano, sesame seeds, garlic powder, salt and red pepper flakes. Sprinkle generously over the pretzels.
• Bake the pretzels until deeply golden brown, 18 to 20 minutes. Garnish with additional Parmesan and serve warm with marinara sauce for dunking.

PRETZEL CRUST PIZZA

Steps:

• Prepare pretzel dough up to the point of rolling out the pretzels.
• Brush your skillet with ½ tsp oil and set it in the oven while it preheats to 425 degrees F.
• Roll out a circle of pretzel dough to fit your skillet*. Bake pretzel crust for 5 minutes without toppings.
• Spread pretzel crust with sauce, cheese and pepperoni. Bake another 10 minutes until crust is golden and toppings are warmed through.
• Brush the crust with additional melted, salted butter and sprinkle with sesame seeds if desired

EASY PIZZA DOUGH PRETZEL BITES

Steps:

• For the creamy mustard dip: Stir together the mustard, sour cream and honey. Season with salt. Transfer to a small serving bowl and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• For the pretzel bites: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line a tray with paper towels.
• Bring 3 quarts water to a boil in a large pot. Divide the pizza dough into four pieces and roll each piece into a rope about 3/4-inch in diameter. Cut each rope into approximately 1-inch long segments.
• When the water comes to a boil, add the baking soda and stir to combine. Add half of the dough to the water and boil for about 45 seconds. Transfer the boiled dough to the paper towels. Repeat with the remaining dough. Lightly pat the dough with a paper towel to dab off some of the foamy water.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Beat the egg with 1 1/2 tablespoons water in a small bowl.
• Dip each dough bite into the egg wash, letting the excess drip off, then place it on the prepared baking sheet, leaving about 1 inch of space between each. Sprinkle the tops of the bites lightly with salt and bake until deep golden brown all over, 13 to 15 minutes.
• Serve warm with the creamy mustard dip.

PRETZEL CRUST PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Lightly coat 3 baking sheets with cooking spray.
• Place warm water into a measuring cup and stir in sugar to dissolve. Stir in yeast and set aside until foamy, about 10 minutes.
• Place flour, olive oil, and salt into a large bowl and stir to combine. Mix in yeast mixture and beat with an electric mixer until smooth, about 5 minutes.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide into 3 equal portions. Roll each portion into an 8-inch disc and place on the prepared baking sheets. Let rest for 10 minutes.
• Heat at least 3 inches of water in a wide, deep pot over high heat; bring to a boil. Add baking soda slowly and carefully into the water, as this will foam and rise. Reduce heat to medium, and add 1 dough disc to the pot; cook for 30 to 40 seconds. Remove disc using 2 spatulas or slotted spoons and transfer back to the baking sheet. Repeat with remaining discs. Gently blot discs with paper towels to remove any excess water. Brush lightly with butter and sprinkle with kosher salt.
• Bake crusts in the preheated oven until golden, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven; add pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese to each crust.
• Return pizzas to the oven and bake until cheese has melted and is golden, 10 to 15 minutes.

PIZZA DOUGH PRETZELS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Unroll pizza crust on a smooth floured surface. Take a rolling pin and roll out the dough until it is a 16 by 10 inch rectangle.
• Using a pizza cutter cut the dough into 10 1 inch sticks.
• Take one strip at a time and place on a cookie sheet.
• Form the strip into a U shape.
• Twist the ends once, then flip to the bottom of the U form a pretzel shape.
• Beat your egg to make an egg white.
• Brush each pretzel top with the eggwhite.
• Sprinkle your topings onto the pretzels.
• Place in the oven for approximately 15 minutes.

PIZZA DOUGH PRETZELS

Steps:

• Lightly flour a work surface. Place dough on flour and sprinkle more on top. Begin to knead dough, kneading about 2 tablespoons flour into dough until it is soft and supple but not too sticky, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Cover dough with a large bowl and allow it to rest and come to room temperature, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and sprinkle lightly with cornmeal.
• Place water in a deep skillet. Whisk in baking soda to create an alkaline bath. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Adjust heat to keep water at a low simmer while you shape the dough.
• Dust dough with a sprinkling of flour as needed so that dough does not stick to work surface. Flatten slightly and divide into 6 equal pieces. Shape each piece into a round dough ball.
• Shape each dough ball into a disk, thinner in the middle, thicker around the edges. Poke a hole in the center. Gently keep pulling and stretching until you've achieved a round pretzel shape that's not too thick.
• Transfer pretzels (in batches if necessary) to simmering alkaline bath. Boil about 30 seconds per side. Transfer to prepared sheet with slotted spoon. Immediately sprinkle with coarse salt while pretzels are still wet and sticky. Let rest 5 to 10 minutes before baking.
• Place on center rack in preheated oven until beautifully browned, and stretch marks have formed, about 20 minutes. Exact times will depend on the specific size and shape of your pretzel.
• Transfer to a rack to cool a bit.
• Note: When you're shaping the dough into rings, be sure to stretch them out, so your pretzels are not too thick. If you make them too fat, they become too bready. Larger, thinner dough rings will give you a chewier pretzel, closer to the ones you get at the mall.

PRETZEL CRUST PIZZA

Steps:

• In a small glass container empty in package of yeast and 2 tablespoons of the brown sugar.
• Warm ¼ cup milk to 110 degrees and pour over mixture.
• Lightly stir and set aside for 10 minutes to activate.
• Meanwhile, in a stand mixer or bowl, add flour, remaining 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, and 1 teaspoon kosher salt.
• Stir well with a fork.
• When yeast has activated add to flour mixture and add 2 tablespoons of melted butter.
• Attach the dough hook.
• Warm 1 cup milk to 100 degrees or what feels like warm bathwater when you put a finger in.
• Pour in ½ of milk and turn mixture on low.
• Slowly add the remaining milk as the dough mixes. You may not need all of the milk.
• You want the dough to pull away from the sides and not have dry mixture in the bottom of the bowl.
• If you added all the milk you may need to add more in tiny increments until you get the desired consistency. If the dough looks too wet add small increments of flour.
• Let the dough knead on low for about 6 minutes, rotating the dough off the hook after 3 minutes and turning opposite end down to evenly knead the dough.
• You can knead the dough by hand as well.
• When the dough looks smooth and doesn't stick to your fingers it's ready to be transferred to a glass or ceramic bowl to rise.
• Melt the remaining 3 tablespoons of butter and lightly cover your dough in butter so it doesn't dry out or stick to bowl. Cover with a warm towel and place in a warm area free of drafts.
• Preheat oven to 425 and place baking stones on top and bottom rack if you own them. Otherwise just preheat as normal.
• After your dough rises for an hour, lightly punch down.
• Measure total weight of dough on a kitchen scale or eyeball it and evenly divide into 4 pieces of dough.
• You may need some light flour for dusting, but mine wasn't tacky or sticky and I didn't need extra flour for rolling.
• Meanwhile, place a large stock pot or soup pot filled with water on stove and bring to a boil.
• On a piece of parchment paper bigger than 7", roll the dough out to 7" in diameter. Continue rolling remaining dough separately on parchment paper.
• Water should be boiling at this point.
• Turn the water down to a medium simmer and slowly pour in the ⅓ cup baking soda. It will sizzle and bubble so be extremely careful.Pour a little at a time.
• Carefully drop one 7" pie crust in the pot and let simmer for each side 25 seconds. Remove and place on paper towel to drain and slightly cool. Pat any excess water off.
• Continue as above with remaining dough discs.
• Take remainder of melted butter and brush on the top of the dough and edges only.
• Sprinkle the edges lightly with sea salt or pretzel salt.
• Place in 425 degree oven and place two discs on each stone and bake for roughly 10 minutes, rotating stones on top and bottom oven shelf halfway through.
• When dough is between a golden and dark brown (not burnt) remove stones from the oven.
• Remove pretzel crusts from the stone so they don't continue to bake.
• Turn oven down to 350 degrees.
• Add sauce and assemble toppings on crust.
• Place all four pizzas back in oven on top oven shelf. No pan needed.
• Continue to cook about 5-6 minutes until the cheese begins to melt.
• The last few minutes turn the oven to broil to crisp up your pepperoni and toppings. Keep a watchful eye on the pizza so as not to burn.
• Remove, slice and enjoy.

PIZZA DOUGH PRETZELS

Steps:

• Lightly flour a work surface. Place dough on flour and sprinkle more on top. Begin to knead dough, kneading about 2 tablespoons flour into dough until it is soft and supple but not too sticky, 5 to 10 minutes. Cover with a large bowl and allow dough to rest and come to room temperature, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and sprinkle lightly with cornmeal.
• Place water in a deep skillet. Whisk in baking soda to create an alkaline bath. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Adjust heat to keep water at a low simmer while you shape the dough.
• Dust dough with a sprinkling of flour as needed so that dough does not stick to work surface. Flatten slightly and divide into 6 equal pieces. Shape each piece into a round dough ball.
• Shape each dough ball into a disk, thinner in the middle, thicker around the edges. Poke a hole in the center. Gently keep pulling and stretching until you've achieved a round pretzel shape that's not too thick.
• Transfer pretzels (in batches if necessary) to simmering alkaline bath. Boil about 30 seconds per side. Transfer to prepared sheet with slotted spoon. Immediately sprinkle with coarse salt while pretzels are still wet and sticky. Let rest 5 to 10 minutes before baking.
• Place on center rack in preheated oven until beautifully browned, and stretch marks have formed, about 20 minutes. Exact times will depend on the specific size and shape of your pretzel.
• Transfer to a rack to cool a bit.

EASY PIZZA DOUGH SOFT PRETZEL BITES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper greased with cooking spray.
• Lightly flour your work surface then cut the dough into 1-inch pieces. (They do not need to be uniform in shape but should be roughly the same size.)
• In a large heavy-bottomed stock pot set over medium-high heat, whisk together the water and baking soda. Bring the mixture to a rolling boil.
• Working in batches, boil the pretzel bites for 1 minute, then using a slotted spoon, transfer them into a single layer on the prepared baking sheets, spacing them at least 1 inch apart.
• Brush the pretzel bites with the egg wash then sprinkle them with everything seasoning or salt.
• Bake the pretzel bites until they are dark golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove them from the oven and let them cool slightly before serving.

CHEESE-STUFFED PIZZA PRETZELS RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F (220°C).
• Unroll the dough, it should form 15x9-inch (38x22 cm) rectangle, then cut the rectangle horizontally into three equal strips. (These will be your three pretzels.)
• Carefully stretch each of the strips by width and length - stretch each to about 3 inch (7 ½ cm) width and about 34 inch (86 cm) length.
• Sprinkle 1 cup (100g) of cheese down the center of each dough strip. Reserve the last 1 cup (100g) of cheese for later.
• Fold the dough over the cheese, pressing to seal and rolling slightly to create 3 dough logs filled with cheese.
• Cover a baking sheet with foil and spray with vegetable oil.
• To form the pretzels, take one dough log, move it to the foil covered baking sheet, then form a circle with the ends of the log at the top of the circle. Twist the log ends around each other once and bring them down to meet the bottom of the circle. Repeat with the other two dough logs.
• Wrap pepperonis on the pretzels - 5-ish per pretzel - then sprinkle the remaining cup of cheese among the three pretzels.
• Bake 14-18 minutes until deep golden brown.
• Serve immediately with pizza sauce for dipping.
• Enjoy!