Mini Pretzel | DIY Christmas Gift

Today, I'm going to share the recipe I used for the homemade mini preztel that I have shared with my friends last week. Hope you can find it useful and you might want to try it out. If you find that baking the pretzel is troublesome, you can always buy the ready packed preztel if you want to make simple homemade gift.

Ingredients

• ⅓ c. almond flour

• ¼ c. arrowroot powder

• 2 Tbsp. coconut flour

• ½ tsp. baking soda

• pinch of sea salt

• ½ c. boiling water

• ½ tsp. raw apple cider vinegar

For boiling water:

• 4 c. water

• 2 heaping Tbsp. baking soda

• 1 Tbsp. raw honey (or maple syrup for vegan)

For dusting:

• coarse himalayan salt

Instructions

1. Whisk together the first five ingredients. Add half of the water and vinegar and begin mixing. Slowly add more of the water until you have a nice dough formed that is not sticky but still moist. You might not need all the water (or you might need more, depending on how you scoop your flour out).

2. On medium high heat in a medium saucepan, begin bringing your water and honey to a rapid boil.

3. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

4. While you are waiting for the water to boil, place your dough into a plastic baggie with a small slit cut out of one of the corners.

5. On a separate piece of wax paper, begin piping out pretzel shapes with your dough by making what looks like two cursive e's mirroring each other/kissing each other. Gently press down the shape to keep it intact.

6. Once the water is boiling, add the baking soda (careful, it will fizz up so add slowly). Bring the water to a slow boil.

7. Using a spatula to guide each pretzel into the water, allow the pretzels to pop back onto the top of the water. Wait 5 more seconds, lift with the spatula out of the water, drain, and place on the baking sheet. Immediately sprinkle with coarse sea salt. Repeat for all pretzels.

8. Bake for 12 minutes. Flip each pretzel over. Bake another 12 minutes until nicely browned all over.

9. Allow to cool completely to firm up.

For Decoration:

• 1 bar baking chocolate bar (semi sweet)

• 1 bar baking vanila chocolate bar (semi sweet)

• Colourful sprinkle and/or dusting sugar

Instructions

If you dont have microwave to help you melt the chocolate, worry no more-you can use the method double boiler and the result will be still the same. After the chocolate melted, you can add in oreo crumbles, chopped peanut, oat (optional) to make more variety. I decided to go just with the plain chocolate and a little bit touch of colourful sprinkle and dusting sugar.

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