Peanut Butter Filled Pretzel Bites
How much peanut butter is too much? Because it seems like I'm going on a peanut butter binge lately, and I'm taking you all along with me. This originated because I have been going to Tim Hortons pretty much every day. If you are from the States and thinking "what's Tim Hortons?" it's a cheaper version of Starbucks, but it sells more food items, and is a whole lot cheaper. And... it sells pretzel bagels.
So now you know my secret addiction. My name is Cathleen and I have been addicted to pretzels for 2 months now.
So, dear internet friends, I went to google to seek help. In the peanut butter pretzel form. And you guys, this is why I love the internet. Anything you would ever want to make is there. You can type in any combination of ingredients and a recipe will pop up. And that's exactly what happened when I typed in "pretzel" and "peanut butter", A match made in heaven if I do say so myself. Share with a group, or just eat the whole batch yourself, I won't judge.
Peanut Butter Filled Pretzel Bites
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups warm water
- 2 teaspoon brown sugar
- 2 ¼ teaspoon active dry yeast
- 6 tablespoon salted butter, melted
- 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- canola oil for greasing the bowl
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter for filling the pretzels
- 12 cups water
- ⅔ cup baking soda
- 1 large egg, beaten with 1 tablespoon cold water
- coarse salt to sprinkle on pretzels
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the water, sugar, yeast and butter using a dough hook until fully combined. Let sit for 5 minutes.
- Add in the flour and mix on low speed until combined. Increase the speed to medium and continue kneading until the dough is smooth and begins to pull away from the side of the bowl, about 3-4 minutes Remove the dough from the bowl, place on a flat surface and knead into a ball with your hands.
- Oil a large bowl with canola oil, add the dough, and turn to coat with oil. Cover with plastic wrap, and place in a warm spot to double in size, around 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, line a plate with wax paper. Scoop ¼ teaspoon of peanut butter onto a plate, and place in the freezer. Freeze until hardened, around 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 425˚F. Remove the dough from the bowl, and place on a flat surface. Divide the dough into 8 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a long rope measuring 22 inches. Cut the dough into one inch pieces to make pretzel bites.
- Press an indentation into each dough bite with your finger. Place a dot of frozen peanut butter on each bite. Wrap the pretzel dough around the peanut butter and pinch the ends until the bite is completely closed. After all the pretzel bites are made, place them on a baking sheet and place in the freezer for 5 minutes.
- In a large pot, boil the water on high heat. Slowly add in the baking soda. Boil the pretzel bites in the water in batches, around 5 at a time. Boil until the bites pop up to the top and stay there. Remove, and place on a baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray. Brush the tops lightly with the egg wash and sprinkle salt on top. Place in the oven, and bake for 15-18 minutes until golden brown.
- Remove and let cool before serving. Best if eaten the day they are made.
Notes
Mmm ... fabulous idea to stuff pretzels with peanut butter. Now I definitely wouldn't be able to find these over here in Greece, so you definitely have to send me over a batch!!
Peanut butter in pretzels? Genius! I love this idea. Great stuff -- thanks so much.
My husband is a pb fiend and always buys the crunchy pb-filled pretzels from Trader Joe's. This looks awesome and I bet the homemade version tastes way better!
These sound incredible; do you reckon you could send some over?!
Very nice. Are these crunchy or soft? Where can I put the jelly? I love pb and j!
Depending on how long you bake them for, you can make them either crunchy or soft. The lighter colored ones are soft (bake them for 15-18 mins) but I also made some crunchy ones: those browner ones in the last picture. I baked them longer, but keep an eye on them so that they don't burn!
There's no such thing as too much peanut butter! These pretzel bites would make a perfect snack. Love 'em!!
oh yes my favourite.
I've yet to experience "too much" peanut butter. It's not a real thing, in my opinion! These look SO.GOOD.
Goodness gracious, can you please send me a batch of these?! They sound absolutely heavenly!
Cathleen, are you giving me the green light to go on a binge? OK folks, it's all Cathleen's fault hee..hee...
These look better than anything you could buy-there's so much peanut butter in them! 😀
Hi Cathleen , peanut butter go with everything , now I will be looking for a peanut butter ice cream recipe ;-D thanks for sharing 🙂
Who doesn't like peanut butter on everything? Today when I dropped my son off for school one of his classmates was so excited to tell me he had peanut butter in his lunch!
Never thought about putting peanut butter and pretzels together!
Looks too yumm dear.. Very tempting..