I stumbled across a recipe on Pinterest one day for Soft Pretzels. I have been wanting to come up with a recipe that my oldest could eat. So I took this recipe:
I modified it using Gluten Free Pantry, French Bread & Pizza mix
This mix is my "go to" mix whenever I am trying a new recipe. I've used it to make GF cutout cookies that turn out amazing as well!! So, basically I followed the above recipe subbing this flour mix for the regular flour that the recipe calls for. (FYI you don't have to bother measuring out the 4 1/2 to 5 cups of flour...just dump in the whole box, it's the exact right amount!!) I used corn starch when I rolled out/kneaded my dough. Because this is GF dough it's very difficult to shape into a classic pretzel shape. GF dough just doesn't have the elasticity of regular dough. So to keep it simple and keep me from ripping out my hair, I decided to just cut the dough into nuggets. (What kid doesn't want to gobble up a nugget!?) I divided the dough into 4 sections, and went about dividing each section into 4 more sections. Each one I rolled and squeezed into a rope and then simply cut each rope into several 1 inch size nuggets. I followed all the remaining directions just as detailed on the above link. They turned out amazing!
I watch children during the day...so on this particular day I had about 8 kids. (Two of which have Celiac Disease.) I love to find interesting snacks that they all will enjoy equally. This was a HUGE hit! The first batch was GONE before the second was out of the oven. The kids gobbled them up and were sad when they were all gone. Next time I make these I'm going to try freezing half to see how they reheat. I'll keep you posted on how this turns out. I hope you try making these...it's a lot of steps but so so so good!! (Also, next time I think we'll try shaking them up in cinnamon sugar...I think the kids will FREAK!)
ENJOY!!!
