Reviewed: Nov. 18, 2009

I don't use a bread machine, but making the dough by hand works just as well. Great recipe.

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Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2009

My family loved these pretzels!! I used bread flour and brushed pretzels with egg whites before baking. They were soft and chewy. Came out perfect!

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Leanne

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Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2009

To dunk the pretzels: Use a large pot, and place your pretzel into a metal strainer or sieve. The sieve allows you to properly bathe your pretzel, and makes it so easy to bring out, drain and flop onto paper towels. Fantastic recipe!

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Amy

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Home Town: Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada

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Reviewed: Nov. 11, 2009

This recipe won great reviews in my house. Surprised since I am the only one "always" opting for the pretzels in the mall rather than something else. Easy, fast and best of all tasty. I used bread flour and only 2 tbsp. brown sugar (as someone suggested). Came out great. Also noticed that when some were left in the salt bath longer (20 sec.) they came out chewier than the rest.

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Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2009

Thanks for the recipe. My 5 year old helped make them and they were very easy. I did use agave nectar in place of the sugar.

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Nichole

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Home Town: Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Living In: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 8, 2009

We have never made pretzels at home and these were better then Aunt Annies (are favorite snack at the mall). The only thing we did differently is used Sea Salt on them in the end and there were fantastic. We make them for are family movie nights now.

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MRSFIGMO

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Home Town: Batavia, New York, USA

Living In: Oakfield, New York, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 7, 2009

These soft pretzels were very easy to make with my bread machine. I followed the recipe for the dough and it was quite sticky trying to remove it from my bread machine. Next time I will add about 1/4 cup more flour to the machine. I boiled them in the baking soda bath as directed and they did not fall apart. They tasted a little too sweet for our taste so I will try less brown sugar next time. The outside of the pretzels were a bit "moist" but I will use egg wash instead of melted butter next time. (I followed another review and put the butter and salt on before baking) All in all, these tasted pretty good and are worth saving in my recipe box.

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Living In: Matthews, North Carolina, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2009

I had never made pretzels before, but had no problems with stickiness at all. They were fabulous! I had to make 4 batches in a row as it was during the weekend and we had drop-in visitors that kept devouring them! Thanks you for the recipe!

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Brigitte B

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Home Town: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Reviewed: Oct. 19, 2009

first time in my whole life I make pretzels, well, maybe there are even better recipes, but this one seems pretty good to me! the bread machine did pratically everything and my little daughter and me, we had all the fun, making ropes and entwining them to shape the dough. They were baked in no time, and it's been fun too! They were very good with rich soft cheese or Praga ham and pickles. I'm a fan from now on:-)

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ANNAMA

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Home Town: Como, Lombardia, Italy

Living In: Milan, Lombardia, Italy

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Reviewed: Oct. 14, 2009

These pretzels were good but I've tried some better recipes. I tend to read the reviews of others who have had problems and try to make "mistakes" so i can help them... to the person who said the dough was like a batter and that you measured correctly.. i agree, you did measure correctly but the only way my dough turned into a "batter" was by adding the 2 quarts of water meant for boiling to the actual dough itself.

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Living In: Loveland, Ohio, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 12, 2009

Yummy and super easy! This was a HIT with our kids. We followed the recipe and used the brown sugar as it states. We did brush with melted butter when we got them out of the oven instead of using water. Mmmmm!!

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terri

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Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2009

awesome recipe!!! taste like real super pretzels!!! I tried it both with the bread machine and without (using stand mixer) definitely better with the bread machine! thanks!

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Reviewed: Sep. 26, 2009

I tried this recipe,3 times. They all came out beautiful and perfect. The only problem I have with this recipe is I never have leftovers. I guess that's a good thing. Thanks for a great recipe

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KENOH

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Reviewed: Sep. 26, 2009

Pretzels didn't brown quite like I expected. Could have been my oven though.

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Reviewed: Sep. 14, 2009

Good stuff!!!

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Reviewed: Aug. 31, 2009

I was hesitant to try this recipe, figuring making soft pretzels MUST be hard. But I followed the recipe exactly and they came out great! My only complaint is that the salt didn't stick so well to the pretzels. I'm trying another batch, and taking another reviewer's advice and doing butter and cinnamon sugar instead. Great pretzel with lots of potential to spice it up! Thanks!

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Reviewed: Aug. 24, 2009

Wonderful! I even used whole wheat flour (white whole wheat - King Arthur), and the pretzels still turned out tasting quite like the ones you'd buy at a ball game! Yay! The salt didn't stick well, but I wasn't using coarse salt, and I don't like lots of salt, anyways. Excellent with mustard or marinara sauce.

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Reviewed: Aug. 24, 2009

Very good! I thought I messed up the recipe, because the dough needed a bit more flour, which I didn't realize until it was done, and was really sticky. However, I rolled it in a little flour, and cut them into bite sized pieces, since I had a hard time working with the dough. Turned out fantastic. So, if you have a hard time working the dough, cut them up into about 1 to 2 inch pieces. Great recipe!

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VISTAWAY1805

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Reviewed: Aug. 22, 2009

I made mine in my Kitchen Aid. I lowered the uncooked pretzels into the boiling water on a spatula so that they wouldn't get stuck to the bottom or be hard to get out. It worked perfectly. I brushed with egg-wash glaze and sprinkled with salt before sticking them in the oven. They are delicious! Very soft.

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Sugar Luver

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Home Town: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Living In: Tampa, Florida, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 19, 2009

This recipe was good. I did throw all the ingredients in my bread machine, so it had a 1st rise. I was surprised it didn't need to sit for a second rise. Much easier to roll out than another recipe I have used. After baking, I brushed with melted butter and then sprinkled salt on some and cinnamon and sugar on the others. Next time I will follow Bobby Flay's suggestion and brush with an egg wash (1 egg and 1 Tbs water) and bake with the salt or cinnamon and sugar. That made a crisper outside. The taste was good. Will make again.

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