These pretzel dogs are easy to make and taste incredible! You’ll love these pretzel hot dogs in the air fryer or oven for a fast dinner, afterschool snack, or game day treat.
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time7 minutesmins
Total Time27 minutesmins
Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: air fryer pretzel dogs, how to make pretzel dogs from scratch, pigs in a pretzel blanket
In a medium mixing bowl combine water and yeast. Stir.
1/2 cup warm water, 3/4 tsp quick rise yeast
Add the flour, sugar, and sea salt and stir until it is mostly combined.
1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour, 1/4 tsp sugar, 1/4 tsp sea salt
Lightly flour your hands and knead the dough by hand for 1 minute, bringing it into a ball. Divide the dough into eighths.
On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into ropes about 14-20 inches long depending on the size of the hot dog.
Starting at one of the end hot dog, wrap the dough around the entire length, rolling as you go. Gently pinch the dough at each end so they’ll stay together.
8 hot dogs
Air Fryer Baking Instructions
Brush the basket of the air fryer with olive oil. Place pretzel dogs into the basket, giving them enough room to expand slightly.
olive oil
Cook for 7 minutes at 390˚F, or until lightly browned on top.
Brush melted butter on top of hot pretzel bites and sprinkle with pretzel salt and/or sesame seeds.
2 tbsp butter, pretzel salt, sesame seeds
Oven Baking Instructions
Bake in a preheated oven at 425˚F degrees on a parchment-lined baking sheet for 10-12 minutes.
Notes
If you only have active yeast and not instant/quick-rise, allow the dough to rest for 15 minutes before rolling.
If desired, you can do a baking soda bath to create a deeper brown pretzel texture on the dough. Gently dip the wrapped dogs in 4 cups of boiling water mixed with 1/3 cup of baking soda for 30 seconds prior to cooking in the air fryer.
These can be prepared up to 24 hours in advance. Wrap the hot dogs with the unbaked dough and place a piece of parchment or waxed paper between layers if stacking dogs in a container for fridge storage.
To freeze, place uncooked pretzel dogs on a parchment-lined baking sheet and freeze for three hours. Transfer to freezer storage and freeze for up to 3 months. Bake from frozen at the normal cooking temp and time.