PRETZEL CHEESE DIP FREE

Using a sharp knife, make X-shaped slices in the top of the pretzel rolls.

Brush the pretzels with the beaten egg, and then sprinkle with Kosher salt.

Scoop the Beer Cheese Dip into the center of the skillet.

Slowly add in a bit of beer and a bit of shredded cheese as you blend, until all has been added. Combine the cream cheese and ranch seasoning in a medium-sized bowl using a handheld mixer. As you wait, prepare the Beer Cheese Dip.

Cover once more and let sit for 5 minutes.

You can bake the remaining ones separately. You may not be able to fit all of the pretzels– if not, that’s okay. Squeeze them together so they fit snugly.

Arrange the pretzels around the outside of the prepared skillet.

Continue until all of the pretzels have been boiled in the baking solution. Using a slotted spoon, remove the pretzel rolls from the water and place back on the baking sheet to cool. Boil for 30 seconds, then flip and boil the other side for another 30 seconds.

Put the rolls (1-3 at a time, depending on how big your pot is), in the water pinched side down.

Make sure you add it slowly or the water could boil over! Once the water is boiling, slowly add in the baking soda.

Bring the 8 cups of water to a boil in a large pot. Loosely cover again with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel and let rise again for 15 minutes. Place pinched-side down on the parchment paper lined sheet. Take each piece and shape into balls by pulling each corner toward the middle and pinching together. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and cut into 16 equal-sized pieces.Line a pan with parchment paper and spray your skillet or baking dish with nonstick spray.Let rise for 1 hour, or until doubled in size. Place the dough back down, cover with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel. Lift the dough from the bowl and spray the bowl with nonstick spray.You may use the entire 4 1/2 cups, or you might need a bit less. Slowly add more flour, a bit at a time, until the dough is no longer sticky and pulls away from the edges of the bowl. Stir in 3 1/2 cups of the flour, the Kosher salt, and the melted butter.

If it never gets foamy, your yeast might be bad and your pretzels will not turn out, so make sure you do check! If it gets foamy, it means that your yeast is good and you’re set to continue. Let sit 5 minutes, or until it gets a bit foamy. In a large bowl or bowl of a countertop stand mixer, combine the warm water, yeast, and sugar.Or, you know, use whatever excuse you need to make this Pull-Apart Pretzel Skillet with Beer Cheese Dip immediately because it’s fantastic and can’t wait until fall. Doesn’t it just make you want to make these?Ĭan’t you imagine making them for Game Day, or for an Oktoberfest celebration? Don’t forget about them after August comes and goes! I know I posted this a bit early (don’t worry, summer is still here!), but if you practice making it now, you’ll have it perfected as your go-to autumn appetizer once the time comes. Today feels almost like fall with it’s cool breeze and tiny peak of sun. You can use whatever kind of beer you’d like, as long as you promise to pull apart those steaming pretzel rolls and dunk them in the beer cheese before snacking away.įootball preseason is only just over a week away, and everyone is getting their fantasy leagues together. I’m going to pretend that I did it on purpose to honor different parts of my heritage. The Pull-Apart Pretzel Skillet with Beer Cheese Dip is still great with Guinness, though. Cheese.īy the way, I know I was saying that I was feeling very German and you may have noticed from my first picture that I used Guinness… which is not German (but sláinte to all of my fellow Irish folk). Oh wait, I know the answer to that question. I worked at Auntie Anne’s for 7 years, and pretzels are still one of my favorite foods of all time. I’ve said this a million times before on this blog, and I’ll say it a million times more, I’m sure, but pretzels will never get old for me. Just like I get obsessed with songs and bands, I get obsessed with foods. Tell me I’m not alone.Īnyway, back to the pretzels. I’m listening to him right now, in fact.ĭo you ever get like that when you discover a new song/band? I will literally play the same song 10 times in a row if I have my headphones in.

PRETZEL CHEESE DIP FREE

Today I was planning on posting a different recipe, but I’m feeling very German at the moment so pretzels and beer were a must.īy “feeling very German”, I mean that my whole house is now obsessed with DuoLingo (if you want to learn a language, look it up, it’s free and I’ve been using it for years now!), and I just discovered a kick-butt German music artist that I have been listening to non-stop for the past week.

Pretzel cheese dip