Gluten Free Honey Buttered Cheesy Soft Pretzel Knots Recipe

These warm and buttery homemade soft pretzel knots are topped with shredded cheese and served with a cheese dipping sauce for a decadent and delicious savory treat perfect for any occasion!

Yield about 20 soft pretzels

Honey Buttered Cheesy Soft Pretzel Knots 

Pretzels and cheese are a match made in heaven. Add a dusting of sweet honey butter and you've got a sweet and savory snack  that everyone will love. These homemade soft pretzel knots have a double serving of cheese--the first gets sprinkled on before the pretzels are baked. The second is served warm as a dip for dunking the buttery pretzel knots into.

I made these pretzel knots using the recipe I shared for my sea-salted soft pretzel knots, with a few slight adjustments to accommodate the addition of cheese. Just like with those, I didn't boil the pretzels in a baking powder solution and they still turned out crunchy, flaunting the perfect pretzel texture.With the sweet butter melting into the crevices of pretzel dough, the baked on cheese providing a crunchy coating and the warm cheese for dipping into, this might be my most favorite pretzel knot recipe yet.

 Ignore the glittery nails. They were sparkly from New Year's festivities.

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Ingredients:

For the soft pretzel knots
1 tsp active dry yeast
1 1/8 tsp fine ground sea salt
1 cup gluten free bread flour
1 1/2 cups warm water at 110F/40C
2 tbsp sunflower oil
2 tbsp baking soda
2 tbsp honey butter, melted
2 tbsp coarse ground sea salt
2 tbsp brown sugar
2 cups water
2 cups shredded cheese
3 cups gluten free plain/all-purpose flour
a jar of nacho cheese sauce for dipping

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Instructions:

Honey Buttered Cheesy Soft Pretzel Knots Recipe

1.  Make the pretzels according to the instructions listed in this recipe.
2. Be sure to allow your dough to rise properly during its first proof:
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Once the dough has been knotted and brushed with the baking soda solution, sprinkle each knot with cheese.
4. Preheat the oven to 450F/230C and cover leave the knots to prove while the oven warms.
5. Bake the pretzels for about 8 minutes until golden brown and the cheese is melted. While the pretzels back, melt the honey butter.
6. Once the knots have finished baking, brush each knot with honey butter and sprinkle with salt. Allow to cool slightly before serving with nacho cheese dipping sauce.
   
   
   

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