Pumpkin, nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves combine with our classic pretzel bites recipe to make pumpkin pretzel bites! Dip in vanilla glaze. This is the perfect recipe for fall. This post contains an affiliate link.
You might also like our pumpkin cinnamon rolls, pumpkin cinnamon swirl bread, or our pumpkin chocolate chip cookies!
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We make homemade pretzel bites on the regular over here. My kids even know how to make them! Our favorite varieties are butter/salt, cinnamon and sugar or parmesan garlic. With the temps cooling off and pumpkin spice filling the air it was time to make a pumpkin version.
Pumpkin Pretzel Bites
(The vanilla glaze is delicious drizzled over the pretzel bites or as a dipping sauce!)
Our pumpkin spice pretzel bites did not disappoint. Mac likes them without the dipping sauce, but I highly recommend making the vanilla glaze dipping sauce. It really takes them up a notch. So delicious!
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups warm water
- 1 Tbsp. yeast
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- 1 Tbsp. oil
- 3 ¾ cups flour
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
Pretzel Bath
- 2 cups HOT water
- 3 Tbsp. baking soda
Topping
- ¼ cup melted butter
- cinnamon and sugar
Dipping Glaze
- ¼ cup softened butter
- 1 ½-2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsp. milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
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Mix water/yeast. Cover and let it rest for 10 minutes or until it is foamy.
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Mix dry ingredients together. Add water/yeast mixture, oil and pumpkin puree to dry ingredients and mix until a soft dough forms. Turn out onto lightly floured surface and knead until smooth.
Note: I mix my dough with a Danish dough whisk, but a wooden spoon or stand mixer will work too.
- Brush bowl with oil or spray with non stick cooking spray and return dough to bowl. Cover loosely with a towel and let raise until doubled, about an hour.
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
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Make a bath for the pretzels by combining the baking soda with HOT water in a bowl and stirring until baking soda is mostly dissolved (it won't dissolve completely).
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Roll out dough into a long rectangle (about 12"x24"). Using a pizza cutter, cut into small sections. Dip each dough square into the water/soda bath, allowing excess to drip off, and place on a greased baking sheet.
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Bake for 4 minutes, then rotate pan and bake another 4 minutes.
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Brush pretzels with melted butter. Sprinkle liberally with cinnamon and sugar.
- Whisk icing ingredients together. Drizzle over cooled pretzel bites or use as a dipping sauce. (Drizzle glaze over pretzel bites or use as a dipping sauce
Store pretzel bites in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.
Pumpkin Pretzel Bites Recipe
Pumpkin Pretzel Bites
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup warm water
- 1 Tbsp. yeast
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3 ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt
Bath
- 2 cup HOT water
- 3 Tbsp. baking soda
Topping
- ¼ cup butter melted
- cinnamon and sugar
Dipping Glaze
- ¼ cup butter softened
- 1 ½-2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsp. milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Mix water/yeast. Cover and let it rest for 10 minutes or until it is foamy.
- Mix dry ingredients together. Add water/yeast mixture, oil and pumpkin puree to dry ingredients and mix until a soft dough forms. Turn out onto lightly floured surface and knead until smooth.
- Brush bowl with oil or spray with non stick cooking spray and return dough to bowl. Cover loosely with a towel and let raise until doubled, about an hour.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Make a bath for the pretzels by combining the baking soda with HOT water in a bowl and stirring until soda is mostly dissolved (it won't dissolve completely).
- Roll out dough into a long rectangle (about 12"x24"). Using a pizza cutter, cut into small bite-sized sections. Dip each dough square into the water/soda bath, allowing excess to drip off, and place on a greased baking sheet.
- Bake for 4 minutes, then rotate pan and bake another 4 minutes.
- Brush pretzels with melted butter. Sprinkle liberally with cinnamon and sugar.
- Whisk icing ingredients together. Drizzle over cooled pretzel bites or use as a dipping sauce.
Brandy says
Hi everyone! Brandy here, these pretzel bites are a yummy fall spin on traditional pretzel bites. I like eating them plain, but my kids liked them with the dipping glaze. yum!