I have made a pretzel-roll (bretzel) several times before, and the extra work is totally worth it to get that delicious pretzel texture. Pretzels are my favorite guilty pleasure when I'm out and want a snack. A small word of caution if anyone decides to make mini-pretzel bites or smaller pretzel treats: make a small test batch specifically for checking the duration of the baking soda bath. I bathed an entire batch of batter for the recommended time (it was NOT a KAF recipe) and tasted them after they had baked. They were disgusting, the great flavor of the dough overridden by the bitterness of too much baking soda. It hurt my heart to throw two full pans of bites away but there was no saving them. The author of the recipe must have transcribed the bath time for full-sized pretzels to these smaller treats and they were totally ruined.

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