Things You'll Need:
- two to four large cookie sheets
- several large mixing bowls
- frozen pretzel dough (or prepare home made from recipe)
- egg wash (one egg and half cup water whisked together)
- pastry brush
- brown sugar
- mustard powder
- garlic powder
- powdered cinnamon
- onion powder
- cheddar cheese powder
- chunky coarse salt
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Step 1
Heat the oven to 350 degrees, and spray the cookie sheets with cooking spray. While the oven is heating up, cut the dough into equal sized pieces about half inch long.
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Step 2
Put different flavoring mixes into the bowls. Brown sugar and cinnamon; mustard, brown sugar or honey, dash of Worcestershire sauce, dash of ground ginger, and a little garlic powder; onion powder, garlic powder, and cheddar cheese powder; and chunky coarse salt are all great flavors for pretzel snacks. Experiment with favorite flavors, or make flavored pretzels for friends' preferences and favorite tastes.
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Step 3
Place pieces of pretzel dough on the cookie sheets, half an inch apart. Brush each one lightly with the egg wash, and either roll it in the flavored mix or sprinkle it on top. Using a different cookie sheet for each flavoring keeps things organized.
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Step 4
Bake the pretzel nuggets in a 350 degree oven for fifteen to twenty minutes for soft pretzels, thirty minutes for harder pretzels. (True hard pretzels require boiling and soaking in lye, which is a longer and more complicated process).
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Step 5
Let baked nuggets cool on the cookie sheets for twenty minutes.
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Step 6
Store the cooled nuggets in zip lock bags, lidded plastic containers, or decorative plastic food bags. Put them in decorative glass canisters for delicious home-made gifts, use nuggets as snacks at parties, or serve for special occasions with hot melted cheese for dipping.
