Jalapeno Popper Pretzel Dogs

Jalapeno Popper Pretzel Dogs are comfort food at their finest.

Hot dogs wrapped in soft, chewy pretzel dough, stuffed with cheese and jalapenos? What’s not to love?

These pretzel-wrapped hot dogs are stuffed with jalapenos, cream cheese, and cheddar, and they make me so happy!

Hot dogs and jalapenos, neither of which get me too excited alone, but when paired with bread and cheese they suddenly become heroes of flavors.

Maybe I’m just biased because these pretzel dogs have been my brainchild for several weeks and I spent last Saturday morning finally making them.

Anyways, I’m bursting to share them with you. I recommend making them on a lazy rainy day and enjoy their pretty sunshine of colors and flavors.

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Making these takes a bit of time, but they’re not hard. They start with a simple yeast dough. While it’s rising, prep the cheese and jalapenos.

Yeast dough is very hard to mess up, unless the yeast is dead. Just don’t use too hot of liquid or expired yeast and you shouldn’t have a problem.

Once the dough is ready, roll it into long flat strips, about an inch wide by twelve inches long.

Spread the strip with a bit of cream cheese and sprinkle with jalapenos and cheddar. Roll ’em up an watch ’em raise.

While they’re raising, start preheating your oven and prepping the boiling water.

Boiling them for about a minute and a half in a mixture of water and baking soda is what will give them their lovely chewy pretzel texture.

Skip this step and you’ll end up with a simple hot dog bun. Not bad, but not nearly as fun as a chewy pretzel.

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Jalapeno Popper Pretzel Dogs

Mary Younkin

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Ingredients 

• ▢ 1 T yeast
• ▢ 1 cup hot water
• ▢ 3 T white sugar
• ▢ 1/4 cup olive oil
• ▢ 1 tsp salt
• ▢ 3 cups all purpose flour
• ▢ 4 jalapenos finely chopped
• ▢ 4 T cream cheese
• ▢ 2 and 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• ▢ 1 egg
• ▢ Kosher Salt

Instructions 

• Add the yeast, hot water, oil and sugar to a large bowl and mix.
• In a separate bowl combine the flour, and salt. Add to yeast mixture.
• When dough forms a ball, place on counter and knead for a few minutes until smooth.
• Divide dough into twelfths and let rest on the counter while preparing the jalapenos and cheese.
• Wash and remove ribs and seeds from jalapenos, unless you like the extra kick. Dice them finely.
• Roll each ball of dough into a 12 inch long rope. Flatten the rope until it is about an inch and a half wide. Spread a layer of cream cheese on the strip. The cream cheese spreads best if it has been warmed up in the microwave for a few seconds.
• Sprinkle a tablespoon or two of shredded cheddar and as many jalapenos as desired on the the strip of dough. Wrap the dough around the hot dog, securing at both ends. Place on a greased cookie sheet. Let rise in a warm place for about 20 minutes
• Preheat oven to 375 F. Bring 8 cups of water and 4 T baking soda to a boil in a medium saucepan. Drop hot dogs into the water 2 at a time and boil for 45 seconds on a side. Remove from water back to the cookie sheet.
• Brush the dough with a beaten egg and sprinkle with kosher salt. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until deep brown in color. Remove them immediately from the cookie sheet to a wire rack. They are best when enjoyed warm straight from the oven.

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