Yum! I have made the from scratch KA recipe method before and have always enjoyed them. I used the recipe again this week but used the cooking times and simmering method described here and had very good results. I made the knots, regular pretzels, bites, and then I tried the rolls. Yummy but had no rise and were sad versions of the lovely puffed up roll shown here. I did use active dry yeast, and considering the blog post this week about the differences in types of yeast, perhaps I should have give the dough I used for the rolls more time with initial rise. I let it sit about 45 minutes in the bowl (as described above) and covered, rather than in a plastic bag (as described in the from scratch recipe). I hate using plastic bags. It did double in size and all my other items rose fine. Just those darn pretzel rolls. They looked just like the picture when they were flattened balls but they didn't rise up much more. Any thoughts on what I might do next time to get the lovely shape shown here?

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