Soft Pretzel Bites | Cooking Professionally

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups warm water
• 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
• 1 package active dry yeast
• 3 ounces unsalted butter melted
• 2 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 4 1/2-5 cups all-purpose flour, plus more as needed and for flouring a work surface
• vegetable oil, for greasing
• 3 quarts water
• 1/3 cup baking soda, for boiling the pretzels
• 1 whole egg beaten + 1 tablespoon cold water, combined together
• coarse sea salt, optional, for topping