Hot Ham and Cheese Pretzel Bites
One of the best ways to use leftover ham - make it into ham and cheese pretzel bites!
Ingredients
- For pretzel dough - in breadmaker
- 1 1/4 ounce package dry active yeast
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3 cups flour
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 egg white slightly beaten
- coarse salt
- butter
- For the filling:
- 1 1/2 cups of chopped smoked ham
- 1 cup cheese of your choice - I used a combination of swiss and cheddar
Instructions
- Make the pretzel dough however you have decided to make it - by hand or by machine.
- Divide your dough into small balls - I would say no bigger than a golf ball.
- Stuff the ball with maybe 1 tbn of ham and 1/2 tbn of cheese, making sure to close the edges well.
- Boil your pretzel bites in hot water for no more than a minute, taking them out and putting them straight on a sprayed cookie sheet.
- Brush your egg wash over the tops and sprinkle some coarse salt over the top of the bites.
- Bake at 425 for at least 15 minutes, or until the pretzels turn brown and crusty on the top.