These pretzels look so great! Thanks for sharing the recipe. I was wondering if the additional yeast is necessary? I'm sure it speeds up the rising, but can it be done with just sourdough and add a rising time before baking? As PJ said in an earlier comment: "You can definitely go without yeast but it will prolong the rising time a lot if you rely on the wild yeast in the sourdough to do all the “heavy lifting.” For some, the point of sourdough is its flavor, rather than its rising qualities, so yeast is added to speed things up." You got the idea! -Jessica

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