Thank you for posting these great images. It reminded me I haven't made pretzels for a while, and that I should dust off my recipe and make some. Could you please advise how one would use your recipe with a bath involving sodium hydroxide? Fortunately, I am able to access some NaOH (USP) (i.e., food-grade) and have in past made pretzels by dissolving some in cold water to make a 3.5% solution which is then heated to make the water bath. I have one recipe that does this, and it gives the fabulous mahogany burnish for which traditional pretzels are known. I prefer your recipe's ingredients and ratios; though I hesitate to mess with your recipe without the benefit of your experience.

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