Pretzel Bites

Start with your favorite bread/roll dough. If you don't have one, you can use (thawed) Rhodes rolls or use my all purpose roll recipe, I use this for cinnamon rolls, herb rolls or whatever:

Basic roll dough:

* 1 1/2 cups warm water

* 1 TBS of a good yeast, or one envelope of the other stuff.

* 2 TBS sugar
* 2 TBS oil
* 2 TBS dough enhancer (kind of optional)
* 1 teaspoon salt

* 4-ish cups flour

* TBS baking soda

Stir together yeast, warm water and sugar. Let rise until foamy, about 5-8 minutes. Add salt, oil and dough enhancer. Slowly add flour until dough is no longer sticky. Kneed for 5-8 minutes until smooth and elastic. turn into an oiled bowl, cover and let rise until doubled.

Punch down dough and shape, let rise another 30-40 min and bake at 400 degrees for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown.

Now, if making pretzel bites after you punch down the dough, roll it into 1inch balls. Boil water and add about 6 TBS of baking soda to the water...drop balls into boiling water for 45-60 seconds.

Then place on paper towels to drain. The balls will look spongy and shriveled, but will recover nicely in the oven. Place on a cookie sheet and bake for 45 minutes or until lightly browned. Baste with butter then roll in cinnamon sugar or Grated Parmesan cheese & garlic salt.