Gluten Free Soft Pretzel Nuggets

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:

http://leecooks.blogspot.com/2012/02/homemade-pretzels.html

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!!!