Fresh Baked Pretzels

These pretzels were so much fun to bake with my 28 year old daughter and 10 year old great niece. The great niece caught on fast and with help from my daughter was soon kneading dough and shaping pretzels. If you have kids this is a great recipe to get them into the kitchen and having fun. I like the fact that you don't have to boil the pretzels before baking but you still get a tasty pretzel not quiet as chewy as the boiled ones, but I love the soft texture of these. They are wonderful still slightly warm from the oven with a little mustard or cheese sauce for dipping.

Even though the pretzels were best slightly warm they were still quiet good the next day, still soft but a bit more chewy. They took a little coaching to get them into ropes but once that was accomplished, by using a a little more flour on our hands and work surface, they were very easily shaped, even by our 10 year old helper. The cook time was right on the money with this recipe and the pretzels were nicely browned at exactly 14 minutes.