Outrageously Cheesy Stuffed Pretzel Bombs

Outrageously Cheesy Stuffed Pretzel Bombs are the perfect bite size appetizer to impress your guests. Pretzel bites are loaded with cheddar cheese and baked to perfection. All of this comes together in under an hour.

Finding the perfect finger food to blow your friends minds is a tough feat, whether its for game day or card night.  But these certainly fit the bill.  Chad has been begging for pretzels since we made out Pretzel Rolls last year.  Well I finally decided to make them.  I don't know what I was waiting for.  I guess I needed to create something outrageous and simple at the same time.  With these cheesy stuffed pretzel bites, I have succeeded! They are crazy good.

These Outrageously Cheesy Stuffed Pretzel Bombs are the perfect bite size appetizer to impress your guests.  Pretzel bites are loaded with cheddar cheese and baked to perfection.  All of this comes together in under an hour. Truth be told I even had my 3 year old hanging on my apron strings, if you know what I mean, so you might whip these up even faster.

She loves to help and I cherish every little moment, even when I am tripping over her in the kitchen.  She was armed with her very own ingredients and she was making her very own batch of pretzels.  Rolling the dough and stuffing it with cheese saying "look at me Mommy".

We create fabulous dishes together and these pretzel bombs are no different.  Although we may have had good intentions to share these with friends...  Not this time.  We devoured them.  Sorry guys maybe next time.

Enjoy!

With love from our simple kitchen to yours. 

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Outrageously Cheesy Pretzel Bombs
MAKES 36 | ACTIVE TIME: 42 Min | TOTAL TIME: 50 Min

2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 1/4 cups warm water (110°-120°)
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 pound block mild cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 cup baking soda
1 large egg
course salt

Preheat oven to 450°F.  Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with cooking spray.

Pour water into the bowl of a stand mixer (see cooks note if you do not have a stand mixer), sprinkle yeast over top, add sugar and stir.  Allow yeast to bloom for 5-10 minutes.  Once it is nice and foamy, it is ready.

Meanwhile cut cheese into 36 even pieces, less than ½ ounce each.  Fill an 8 quart pot with water and bring to a boil over medium high heat.  In a small bowl beat egg and 2 tablespoons water with a fork.  Set aside.  Sprinkle clean countertop with ¼ cup flour. 

Add flour and salt to mixer.  Knead for 3- 5 minutes until the dough comes together in one ball.  Add more flour a tablespoon at a time as needed, if bread is too sticky to come together.  Dough should be tacky when you pull it out of the mixer, not sticky.

Place dough on floured countertop and knead in flour until it is no longer tacky, just a minute or two.  Form dough into a ball.  We are going to cut this ball into 36 (somewhat) even pieces.  First quarter the ball of dough.  Roll each quarter into a fat log.  Cut that into 3 pieces.  Roll each piece into a log and cut into 3 pieces.  When you are done you will have 36 pieces.

Roll each dough piece (one at a time) into a ball and then flatten it into a circle.  Add a piece of cheese in the center.  Carefully pull each side over the cheese to create a ‘cheese package’ then roll the dough into a ball.  Be careful to make sure you can not see the cheese through the dough.  Tap fingers in flour, pinch any tears and roll again.  Set aside and repeat until all you have 36 stuffed dough balls.

Carefully, a sprinkle at a time, add baking soda to boiling water.  USE CAUTION:  IT WILL BUBBLE UP.  Place dough balls into boil water a few at a time.  Remove with a slotted spoon after 30 seconds.  Place on parchment paper to cool and repeat.

Arrange all pretzel balls on parchment so they are not touching.  Brush egg wash onto each one and sprinkle with course salt.

Bake for 8-10 minutes until the tops are browned.

The ooey gooey cheese may escape some of your pretzel bombs.  That is a beautiful thing!  Scoop all that cheesy goodness up onto the plate and serve.  Your guests will go crazy over them.

Enjoy!

DONNA'S NOTES:  You can mix the dough by hand if you do not have a stand mixer.  Add water, yeast and sugar.  Once the yeast blooms stir in the salt and the flour.  Mix with a spoon.  Turn dough out onto floured counter top and knead for 3-5 minutes until dough is no longer sticky.  Proceed with remaining instructions.

You can use 36 frozen dinner rolls (I use Rhodes) in place of the dough recipe.

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Recipe developed by Donna Elick - The Slow Roasted Italian 
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