Really good. Lost one star for not living up to its billing. Didn't taste like mall pretzels to me, just really good yeast dough bread. I dipped it in melted butter and tried kosher salt and cinnamon sugar. I liked the sugared ones better which is not like me. Once again, because the dough didn't really taste like the mall pretzels. I prefer the Buttery Soft Pretzels recipe to this one for tasting like mall pretzels.

i have made these many times and they are soooo good, they just need to be eaten right out the oven, so make only what you plan on eating no need to waste any, i sprinkled them with season sea salt so yummy

My husband and girls really enjoyed these. I will be making these again.

I mixed everything in my Kitchenaid using the dough hook attachment and let it knead the dough for 8 minutes while my oven preheated to 200 degrees. I put the dough in an oiled bowl covered with a damp cloth and turned off the oven, then let the dough rise in there for an hour. I thought 3-foot ropes of dough was way too long, even for "mall pretzels." I used 1.5-foot ropes instead and cooked 10 minutes on foil, which worked perfectly fine. I tried some with cinnamon sugar but I preferred the pretzels with kosher salt. Very soft and tasty but time consuming.

This recipe was very good. I ate 4 and my boyfriend ate 6! Very dangerous ;) Two fell on the floor... if those had been there he probably would have eaten those. I first made my pretzels very long and they were too big and thin, I think. I think 3 foot of dough is just about perfect. Otherwise they are too thick or thin. I tried it with salt, cinnamon and sugar, and garlic and parm cheese. All three ways were great. My boyfriend was so impressed that I made his favorite food from scratch!

Thanks for a GREAT recipe!! These are AWESOME! My kids and I love making these. I made only one change, not to the recipe, but to the preparation. Instead of just dipping the pretzels in the baking soda solution, I made a larger batch of the solution, heated it to a simmer on the stove, and simmered the pretzels for 15-30 seconds, removed them with a slotted spoon, and drained on paper towels for a few seconds. This gave them a much chewier crust, more like the Hot Sam mall pretzels I grew up loving. I do agree with one post's suggestion not to use parchment paper, but spray the pan with Pam instead. Every time I try using the paper, my pretzels stick badly, but if I spray the pan, they slide right off. Happy baking!!

yum

Mmmm. I didn't have much time or patience when I made these, and even if I did, am not sure I ever could have rolled these into 3 foot ropes, so mine were short, round, and extremely puffy once they baked. I also boiled the pretzels in the soda water briefly instead of dipping, and used an egg wash instead of butter to adhere the salt. Chewy and satisfying, although next time I'll get help rolling them out.

I just made these and they are so good!! I love them! The ingredients are easy to mix up. I just couldn't roll them to a 3 foot rope, I did the best I could and it didn't really matter because these came out great! I sprayed them with nonfat butter spray and sprinkled cinnamon/sugar and yummo! LOL.. A definite keeper!

These were a big hit with the family. We made them exactly as stated in recipe.

I followed the recipe, so I don't know what went wrong. I baked for the 10 mins but the pretzels were still partly raw inside. What was cooked tasted ok. And as soon as they had cooled off, they turned hard.

we made this twice. Very good and the kids love to make these too.

These are delicious. I make these sometimes with sugar and cinnamon, or galic and parmesan as well. Made them into twists for my husband's work and had different dipping sauce for the different flavors. Used pizza sauce for parmesan, cheese for salted, and the sugar and cinnamon didn't need one, though a glaze would of gone well. They were all gone in no time. Love this receipe.

Tasted great! Will make again!

I really like this receipe as do my kids. We have even adapted it to roll around hot dogs or keilbasa type sandwich sausage.

I loved this recipe! The pretzels were very soft and delicious.

This recipe was sooooo good! I wanted some sort of baked good that I didn't have to feel too guilty about but would still satisfy my sweet tooth. To make myself not feel too guilty I used whole wheat flour for about a third of the flour, and I also wanted them to be a little sweeter so I added some Splenda into mix and poured the water right on top to make it dissolve. I also sprinkled some cinnamon in. I kneaded for forever until I felt the dough get really elastic and smooth. After rising I had no problem shaping the dough, I just rolled them in my hands before dipping them. I did place them on a paper towel just to get the puddling water off the bottom and put them straight on a PAM sprayed nonstick pan. They came out after 8 minutes and I sprayed them with butter flavored PAM and then sprinkled with Splenda mixed with cinnamon or with dark chocolate cocoa powder. They were both really good and tasted like the mall ones but not nearly as greasy(which I hate).