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OMG. Yes!
Homemade Soft Pretzels, generously sprinkled with sea salt. And to top it off? Buffalo Cheddar Cheese Sauce! Yes, I know. Wow!
Can I just say that this might be the best Super Bowl snack there is? Well, actually I don’t know the Buffalo “Fried” Goat Cheese is pretty amazing too. But I mean pretzels, buffalo sauce and cheese! Maybe we’ll call it a tie?
It is the Super Bowl, so you do need lots of snacks!
Originally, I was just going make soft pretzels. Just for a fun snack to have on a Sunday afternoon and then enjoy throughout the week.
But then while the dough was rising I set out for a hike. Oh, those hikes. Oh the yummy things I come up with while hiking.
Buffalo Cheddar Cheese Sauce! Creamy, spicy and the best cheese sauce to compliment a soft pretzel.
The pretzels alone are just so good. Salty, soft, dough, dreamy. Just so good. Tear um, bite um, dip um.
Homemade Soft Pretzels with Buffalo Cheddar Cheese Sauce
To make the pretzels: combine the water, sugar, yeast, and butter in the bowl of a stand mixer and mix with the dough hook until combined. Let sit for 5 minutes.
Add the salt and 4 1/2 cups flour to the mixture 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 to 4 minutes. If the dough appears too wet, add additional flour, 1 tablespoon at a time. Remove the dough from the bowl, place on a flat surface and knead into a ball with your hands.
Coat a large bowl with canola oil, add the dough and turn to coat with the oil. Cover with a clean towel or plastic wrap and place in a warm spot until the dough doubles in size. This will take about 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Bring the water to a boil in a large pot.
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. To shape into pretzels, take the right side and cross over to the left. Cross right to left again and flip up. Slowly add the baking soda to the boiling water. Boil the pretzels in the water solution, 2 at a time for 30 seconds, splashing the tops with the warmed water using a spoon. Remove with a large flat slotted spatula or a spider. Place 4 pretzels on each a parchment lined baking sheet, brush the tops with the egg wash and season liberally with sea salt. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until pretzels are golden brown.
Remove pretzels from oven and let cool on a wire baking rack.
To make the Buffalo Cheddar Cheese sauce: While pretzels are baking, heat a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the butter, and once it’s melted and bubbly add the flour. Whisk together to create a roux and cook for 1-2 minutes until mixture gets a bit golden in color. Add milk, stir and turn down heat to low. Continue stirring until milk thickens. Add in cheeses and continue to stir until mixture is smooth. Stir in buffalo wing sauce. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
Pour into one medium size dip bowl or a few bowls to scatter for dipping.
Hey I saw your post on DailyBuzz Food when it just so happened I was looking for recipes for super bowl. I used a different pretzel recipe that I’ve had book marked to try for a while, but your Buffalo Cheese Sauce is genius! Thanks!!!
Do you think I could make these a day ahead of time and put the dough in the fridge? Then, take them out tomorrow and let them sit for an hour or two to come back to room temperature, shape, and then boil/bake?
No time tomorrow to make them for the big game, but time today. I may try this.
YES, YES, YES! I should have mentioned this in my post!! I actually made the dough the night before and boiled and baked the pretzels the next day! It works great. You can even boil and bake them today and just reheat them in the oven at 200 till warm! I hope you enjoy these!
These look amazing! I love the buffalo cheddar cheese sauce. I have been craving buffalo everything lately and homemade pretzels. You just combined them and made my day. Pinning this to try very soon!
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful recipe!
I made it and reviewed it over on my foodie blog: http://sometimesfoodie.tumblr.com/post/46176741968/soft-pretzels-and-buffalo-cheese-dip-pinterest
Everything was very easy and the final pretzels were delicious! Thank you so much for sharing this yummy recipe.
I am SO glad you liked these! They are kind of hard to stop eating!
Thank you so much for that recipe!
I have made these Pretzels three times already and they are always a hit.
Love,
Natasha
I am so glad you like them! My family keeps begging me to make more!
I love the idea of a buffalo cheddar cheese – yum yum yum.
Stopping in from Totally Tasty Tuesday – pinned to share 🙂
Thanks for pinning!
Omgosh these look AMAZING!! My boys will love these! Thank you so much for the recipe! Would love for you to share at the party tonight! xo bridgett
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Found you from karly’s site!
I crossed soft pretzels off my bucket list in january as well! yours look fabulous!
OMG! I am so excited you found me! I read blog EVERY day. You inspire me show much. Thanks for reading and I hope you like what you see!
Yesssss. I need these.
I just made buffalo mac and cheese and fell in love with the buffalo cheese sauce! So good!
Thanks for linking up to What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
So yummy looking! Thank you for linking it up at our party at http://www.fineCraftGuild.com
Hey I saw your post on DailyBuzz Food when it just so happened I was looking for recipes for super bowl. I used a different pretzel recipe that I’ve had book marked to try for a while, but your Buffalo Cheese Sauce is genius! Thanks!!!
Do you think I could make these a day ahead of time and put the dough in the fridge? Then, take them out tomorrow and let them sit for an hour or two to come back to room temperature, shape, and then boil/bake?
No time tomorrow to make them for the big game, but time today. I may try this.
YES, YES, YES! I should have mentioned this in my post!! I actually made the dough the night before and boiled and baked the pretzels the next day! It works great. You can even boil and bake them today and just reheat them in the oven at 200 till warm! I hope you enjoy these!
Mmmmmmm…my mouth is literally watering just thinking about these! Pinned and will be making this weekend!
These are so good! Thanks for pinning!
Sounds great to me- printing!!!
Ya! I hope you enjoy them!
These look amazing! I love the buffalo cheddar cheese sauce. I have been craving buffalo everything lately and homemade pretzels. You just combined them and made my day. Pinning this to try very soon!
These are beautiful!!! There is nothing more delicious than making your own soft pretzels! And the sauce…yum! Pinned!
Thanks for pinning!
Wish I could just reach through my screen and grab one…they looks so good and I LOVE soft pretzels!
KC
Buffalo Sauce AND Carbs?! What more could a girl ask for?