I love to get a soft pretzel when I go to a sporting event. They are warm and salty and often sprinkled liberally with salt. Well being on the Weight Watchers program doesn't mean I have to give up snacks like soft pretzels. You may have heard me raving here about 2 Ingredient Dough which I have used to make everything from bagels to pizza dough. Today I am sharing how to make these quick 2 Ingredient Dough Pretzels using that same dough recipe. So grab a cold beverage and sit right back and enjoy a guilt free warm pretzel. These pretzels are only 3 points! Be sure to also check out these Cheesy Biscuits with Two Ingredient Dough and these 2 Ingredient Dough Pretzel Bites.
2 Ingredient Dough Pretzels - Weight Watchers
The secret to these self rising flour pretzels is fat free Greek yogurt. Fat free Greek yogurt is 0 points on the Weight Watchers Freestyle plan and is one of the main ingredients in these pretzels. The crazy thing is that you cannot taste the yogurt at all in these pretzels. My favorite yogurt to use is Fage Total 0% Greek Yogurt.
This greek yogurt pretzels recipe uses self rising flour which you can buy pre-made or make yourself. I share an easy self rising flour recipe here. This allows you to make these pretzels with no yeast and not having to wait for the dough to rise.
To make 2 homemade pretzels, combine ½ cup of self rising flour and ½ cup of Fage Total 0% Greek Yogurt in a bowl until a dough starts to form. If you just want to make 4 pretzels, just double the ingredients.
Knead the dough on a floured surface and divide into two equal parts. You will want to make sure that the two pieces of dough are of equal weight. This scale really comes in handy.
Roll each piece of dough into a 12-14 inch rope.
Form into a pretzel shape.
Beat an egg and brush it over the pretzels and sprinkle on coarse sea salt.
Bake and enjoy! I love these nonfat Greek yogurt pretzels while they are still somewhat warm with some spicy brown mustard. My kids like them as is - lightly warm and salted. If you are looking for a more traditional pretzel recipe which will be way higher in points check out this Soft Pretzels Recipe.
Each soft pretzel is 3 Weight Watchers points on the Freestyle plan.
2 Ingredient Dough Pretzels - Weight Watchers
Ingredients
- ½ cup self rising flour
- ½ cup Fage Total 0% Greek Yogurt
- 1 egg for egg wash
- Coarse sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine ½ cup of self rising flour and ½ cup of Fage Total 0% Greek Yogurt in a bowl until a dough starts to form.
- Knead the dough on a floured surface and divide into two equal parts.
- Roll each piece of dough into a 12-14 inch rope.
- Form into a pretzel shape.
- Beat an egg and brush it over the pretzels and sprinkle on coarse sea salt.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 22 minutes and 550 degrees for 2 minutes.
Nutrition
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If you liked these 2 Ingredient Dough Pretzels, you'll love these other weight watchers friendly foods:
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Susan
I have what might be a dumb question. Do you take the pretzels out of the oven at 22 min, get the oven up to 550 degrees, then put the pretzels back in? It doesn't make sense to leave them in the oven while it gets hotter but I wanted to make sure.
Jessica McKnight
I kind of had the same question, but I imagine cranking it up to broil for 2 additional minutes would acheive the desired effect??
Vicky
It does for me, but I do have to set a timer because if I forget them at that temp, they get ruined.
Kirk Johnson
Thanks. Baking now and wondering for the temperature change do you remove from oven and wait until 550 after 22 minutes? Or crank it up at about 18 minutes and keep all in oven?
Evelyn Jepson
I think it means that the normal thing is at 350 for 22 minutes; if you can't wait that long, then crank it up to 550 for 2 minutes.
MommyJenna
This looks awesome! We have been looking at healthier food options and this is definitely something I'm gonna have to add to our lists to try!
Rebecca Bryant
Where have you been my whole life? I have been doing WW for years and would love to have some new recipes to try out. Thank you so funny.
Reesa Lewandowski
my kids love soft pretzels! I need to make these for them! How easy!
Emily
Oh yum! I love pretzels, this looks as good as the ones that I see at the mall. I like that these seem simple to make, something even I could make for a yummy snack.
Lisa Smith
This is fantastic! Thanks for sharing, I never heard of two ingredient baked goods. I'm saving this because I'm looking for diet-friendly foods high in protein.
Ashley
This kinda of stuff makes me wish I wasn't on keto. I love a good soft pretzel!
Adriana Lopez
You know I have never made pretzels at home thought those were difficult to prepare but not yoru recipe looks fairly easy and yummy too!
Camesha | Mama Motivator
Yum! These look super easy. My daughter is so excited about baking all the time. She'd love to help me make these.
Milena
I am so trying this soon! I have been hearing about using Greek yogurt in baking and I have to try it! Such a great way to save on fat!
Janelle Robinson
Too bad I gave up carbs, these look amazing. I may still make them for the kids anyway my daughter loves to bake.
Vicky
Hope she enjoys them!
Vicky
Without sacrificing taste!
Vicky
They are fun for kids to help make.
Vicky
Thanks Adriana!
Vicky
They are yummy.
Vicky
Hope you enjoy them Lisa.
Vicky
They are so yummy!
Vicky
They are very easy!
Vicky
Hope you enjoy them Rebecca!
Vicky
Hope you enjoy them!
Joyce
I made these and they are good. One question, I made several and put in a ziplock. The salt evaporated! They were salty enough when you ate them but the grains of salt dissipated. Any thoughts on how to store
Donna
Can I use Gluten Free Flour?
Stacy
Thank you for sharing this! And, for teaching me how to make self rising flour!
K Arneson
Can they be made gluten free?
Tammy Warren
I don't think so, I made them last night for the superbowl. At 22 minutes they were very sticky still
Amy
I step these up a notch by boiling the pretels in baking soda water prior to baking. That gives them the nice brown later with the tang of a true baked pretzel.
Jamie
Anyone ever figure this out, because I came to the comments for the same question?
Concerned
Tough to say, 2 ingredients and 2 (on)gredients. Not sure if any of this recipe can be trusted. My advice would be to preheat your second oven to 550 degrees and remove these from the first oven at the temperature of 350 degrees at the 22 minute mark and then transfer them to the 550 degree oven.
Laurie
I was wondering about this. Every pretzel recipe I’ve ever tried uses a baking soda bath. I wasn’t sure if, because this was two ingredient dough, that they might fall apart. Thanks for the tip!
Gina
I’ve made these in my air fryer 350 degrees 23 minutes and they are just like a regular bagel a little toasty on the outside and real soft on the inside. I think if they were placed in 550 degrees you would really need to watch them so that the outside don’t dry out too much?
Roosje
These turned out good. Not so much “pretzel” flavor and I added a 1/4 tsp baking powder for extra “puff”. Everything but the Bagel seasoning added more flavor. Light and airy, eat ‘me while warm and I took someone’s suggestion and added melted butter to the egg wash.