Two Ingredient Dough Pretzel Bites are SUPER EASY to make with no yeast and no waiting for the dough to rise. Just mix the dough, cut nuggets, dip in baking soda water and bake!
With the kids going back to school comes the question of what do I give them for an after school snack. One of my kid’s favorite snacks is pretzel bites and this recipe for two ingredient dough pretzel bites is SUPER easy to make.
How To Make Two Ingredient Dough Pretzel Bites
Put self-rising flour and plain, fat-free Greek yogurt in the bowl of a stand mixer with the dough hook attachment.
Mix at a low speed until combined.
Then, knead at a medium speed for about 3 minutes until a ball forms.
Turn the dough out onto a floured surface.
Sprinkle the top with flour, knead a couple of times, and form the dough into a ball.
Cut the dough ball into four wedges.
Roll each piece of dough into a long rope and cut the ropes into small segments.
Dissolve baking soda in boiling water. Then, Dip the dough segments into the baking soda mixture.
Place coated pretzel bites on a parchment-covered baking sheet.
Bake at 425˚F for 7-10 minutes, until golden brown.
Brush pretzel bites with melted butter.
Sprinkle with pretzel salt.
Recipe Tips
1) I can’t find self-rising flour. Can I make myself? For one cup of self-rising flour, whisk together one cup of all-purpose flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon of salt, but remember that results may vary!
2) What brand of plain, nonfat Greek yogurt do you recommend? I always use Chobani or Fage. You can use whatever kind is available at your local grocery store, but some brands are more watery, so you’ll need to adjust accordingly.
3) Do I have to use plain, fat-free, Greek yogurt for this recipe? No, but your results may vary. You can try using fat-free, full fat, 2% or 5%, but you may need to add a different amount of flour or make changes in the baking time.
4) What should I do if my dough is too sticky? Knead in a little more flour at a time until it is workable.
5) Can I make these pretzel bites without a stand mixer? Yes! Stir the self-rising flour and Greek yogurt together until combined. Turn it out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth.
6) How can I make these two ingredient dough pretzel nuggets WITHOUT a dough hook? Use the paddle attachment on your mixer to combine the self-rising flour and Greek yogurt. Turn it out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth.
7) What can I use INSTEAD of pretzel salt? You can use another coarse salt like kosher or sea salt.
8) What other seasonings/toppings would you suggest? Try everything seasoning, garlic, parmesan, ranch or cinnamon sugar.
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Two Ingredient Dough Pretzel Bites
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Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups self-rising flour
- 1 cup plain, nonfat Greek yogurt
- ½ cup boiling water
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon pretzel salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425˚F. Put the self-rising flour and plain, nonfat Greek yogurt in the bowl of a stand mixer with the dough hook attachment.
- Mix at a low speed until combined. Then, knead at a medium speed for about 3 minutes until a ball forms. If the dough is too sticky, add more self-rising flour a little at a time.
- Turn the dough out onto a floured surface. Sprinkle the top with flour, knead a couple of times, and form the dough into a ball. Cut the dough ball into four wedges.
- Roll each piece of dough into a long rope. Cut each rope into about 12 small segments.
- Dissolve baking soda in boiling water. Dip the dough segments into the baking soda mixture. Place on a parchment covered baking sheet.
- Bake at 425˚F for 7-10 minutes, until golden brown.
- Brush pretzel bites with melted butter and sprinkle with pretzel salt.
Carly says
Omgosh so easy and so yummy! I had to make my own self rising flour. I literally added bread flour then the baking powder and salt into the mixing bowl and i doubled it. so then i put 2 cups of greek low fat yogurt and followed the instructions the rest of the way. omgggg they turned out so yummy! We will for sure be incorporating this recipe into our weekly homemade snacks!
Kayla Morse says
Great recipe! I added an additional 1/4 tsp of baking soda straight into my dough to really amplify the pretzel flavor. Once baked, I sprayed half with avocado oil, tossed in cinnamon sugar and left the other half plain and dipped in honey mustard and they were delicious!
Tonia Larson says
Hi Kayla,
I’m delighted that you enjoyed them as much as we do. My kids love cinnamon sugar pretzel bites from Auntie Anne’s so that version would be a hit with them!
Best,
Tonia
Kristin E. says
I have one question…WHY??!! Why must they taste SOOO good?! This recipe is so easy. Even having to make some self-rising flour since I was out and kneaded by hand. Great Value Greek yogurt worked perfect. I blanched mine in simmering baking soda bath for 5 long seconds with slotted spoon so I could do a handful at once. The first bite was better than ANY fresh pretzel place I’ve ever had. An entire baking sheet empty in 5 min with husband and 3 teens. Then made for breakfast next morning. Half pretzel salt and half cinnamon sugar both times. These will become a staple for any movie/game night or company over.
Dale Mills says
This was fabulous ! Living in a senior community in Florida , they love these tasty simple things, easy for them to make and share..in the Fall and winter months we have beautiful weather here in Florida ..so we eat finger foods and gather at each other’s place outdoors in bally evenings! I loved these and so did my friends
Tonia Larson says
Sounds like a fantastic time! I’m so glad you all enjoyed them. ~Tonia
Ingrid says
Not two ingredients but that is no worries for me but some people may be expecting that like I did. Overall very yummy and tasty
Tonia Larson says
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Chris says
This is most excellent! Not only is this one of the fastest homemade dough recipes I’ve encountered it is also fast and easy to cleanup afterwards.
I made the logs a little more thin and longer then twisted them into pretzels. These are better than any I’ve had before (I’ll be 54 yrs young soon).
As for the preparation, I prefer the dough to turn out sticky so I can meter more flour into the dough while working it on the prep surface adding a little at a time until I reach the expected perfection.
I can’t wait to try all of the different uses for this recipe published here.
Thank you for sharing Tonya!
P.S.
The name is perfect as is this website (The Gunny Sack)!
*BOOKMARKED*
Tonia Larson says
Fabulous! We love this recipe too. Thank you for circling back to leave a review!
Caroline says
Hello! I tried this recipe and was super excited about it. I don’t often work with bread dough, so I am trying to figure out what I am doing wrong in the kneading process. My dough turns into a ball within about a minute of kneading in the kitchenaid (level 2-3), but then would fall apart if I kneaded longer. When I took it out “early” when it was a ball, it was so impossible to work with as it was extremely sticky and could not be rolled out into logs. Any recommendations?
Tonia Larson says
Hi Caroline,
It sounds like you need to add more flour. I would take the dough out when a ball forms and place it on a well floured surface with additional flour on top. Then, gently knead the flour into the dough a few times. Then, sprinkle more flour on the surface and on the top of the dough. This dough doesn’t act the same as a dough made with yeast and it is sticky like biscuit dough is. Basically you need to bottom and top of the dough to be coated with enough flour to make it workable, if that makes sense.
If you aren’t worried about the pretzel bites being the same size, an alternative to rolling the dough into logs, is to use kitchen shears to cut small pieces of dough from the ball.
Hope that helps!
~Tonia
Terry Steven says
Awesome!!! One suggestion though, for those people who can only complain about things, (my late Mom would call them ignoramuses) put a comma or hyphen between Dough, and Pretzel.
I know you have to be nice though and I think the recipe name is fine myself!
KR says
Super easy and tasty. This took me about 15 minutes total which is great for a quick snack.
Christina says
Amazing pretzel bites. They taste authentic and I love that they are just bites. Also I froze some and then reheated them in the toaster oven, when they came out I brushed them with butter and sprinkled with salt. Just as delicious!
Lisa Sturgill says
Love this recipe! So easy and I çan make so many different things! Thank you so much 🙂
JoLynn says
Unfortunately this didn’t work at all. We kept adding flour but it didn’t form a ball. My son and are very sad.
Tonia Larson says
Hi JoLynn,
That is disappointing! What brand of Greek yogurt did you use? Zoe said she used a store brand that was watery and had the same issue. I’m wondering why this happens to some people but not others and maybe Zoe is onto something.
~Tonia
Freya Petersen says
Good morning major pretzel bites and they are excellent but I think you should change the title it is not two ingredients it’s very misleading butter is an ingredient, self-rising flour is an ingredient salt is an ingredient and yogurt is an ingredient so it’s technically four. Just to clarify for people who are new Bakers and a recipe that calls for only two ingredients
Tonia Larson says
Hello Freya,
I’m so glad that you enjoyed the pretzel bites! The dough is made with two ingredients as the title states. New bakers will be delighted to know that they can use two ingredient dough to make so many recipes! If you search two ingredient dough on our website, you’ll find 15 different ways to use it!
Best,
Tonia
Janyce says
Why do you call your recipes 2-ingredient? You think your chances are pretty good that you have the ingredients on hand, then you find that’s not the case at all. It’s very frustrating!
I now know that it’s a waste of time checking out other recipes.
Tonia Larson says
Hi Janyce,
I’m sorry to hear that you are frustrated! The dough is made with two ingredients that is why I call it two ingredient dough. Once you’ve made the dough you can use it as a pizza crust, make focaccia bread, or breadsticks. For this recipe, you can bake the pretzel bites without adding more ingredients but they are going to taste like little biscuits instead of pretzels without the baking soda mixture and salt on top.
Best,
Tonia
Julie says
Can you freeze the finished product? My daughter wants pretzel bites for her wedding after after party and would like to save the expense of buying them.
Tonia says
Yes, you can freeze them. I also have a traditional pretzel nuggets recipe as well: https://www.thegunnysack.com/auntie-annes-inspired-soft-pretzel/
Keri says
I was excited to make these, especially since they looked easy. They came together nicely and looked great, but do not taste like pretzel to me or my boys. Not sure what creates that pretzel taste, all I taste is tang from the yogurt and baking soda.
Tina says
Have you made this with almond flour to make it keto friendly?
Tonia says
Hi Tina,
I’m not sure that it would work with almond flour. But I’ve made pretzel bites with fathead dough, and they were delicious! I used my low-carb bagels recipe: https://www.thegunnysack.com/low-carb-bagels-recipe/
~Tonia