{"id":4855,"date":"2005-12-12T00:06:32","date_gmt":"2005-12-12T07:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=4855"},"modified":"2026-04-14T21:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T04:24:28","slug":"vegetable-fried-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=4855","title":{"rendered":"Soft Pretzel Bites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-39884\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/soft-pretzel-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/soft-pretzel-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/soft-pretzel-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/soft-pretzel-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/soft-pretzel-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/soft-pretzel-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/soft-pretzel.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/>Soft Pretzel Bites<\/p>\n<p>On a lightly floured surface, divide 1 pound refrigerated pizza dough into 4 pieces and roll into skinny 14-inch-long ropes. Cut each rope into twelve 1-inch pieces. Bring 4 C. water to a boil in a large pot. Stir in 1\/4 C. baking soda until dissolved, then reduce heat to a simmer and cook dough, in batches, until puffy and shiny, 30 seconds. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Brush dough with 2 T. melted butter and sprinkle with coarse salt. Bake at 400\u00b0F until golden, 15 minutes. Serve with mustard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soft Pretzel Bites On a lightly floured surface, divide 1 pound refrigerated pizza dough into 4 pieces and roll into skinny 14-inch-long ropes. Cut each rope into twelve 1-inch pieces. Bring 4 C. water to a boil in a large pot. Stir in 1\/4 C. baking soda until dissolved, then reduce heat to a simmer and cook dough, in batches, until puffy and shiny, 30 seconds. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Brush dough with 2&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=4855\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,5],"tags":[143],"class_list":["post-4855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appetizers-snacks","category-starches","tag-snack"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4855"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39885,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4855\/revisions\/39885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}