Auntie Annes Pretzels - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 teaspoons yeast
1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 cups water
4 cups bread flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups warm water
1/2 lb butter
2 tablespoons honey

Preparation

Combine the 1/2 tsp brown sugar, touch of salt, 1 1/2 tsp yeast, and 1 1/2 cups water together.
Leave it sit for 5 minutes.
Now add the 4 cups of bread flour and knead well. Then let it rise for an hour.
Preheat your oven to 425 degrees (F).
In a separate bowl, combine the 2 teaspoons of baking soda and 2 cups of warm water.
Take a chunk of the dough and make it into the shape of a pretzel, then dunk the dough in the baking soda water, and set it on a greased cookie sheet.
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To make the pretzel shape, roll the chunk into one long strand and hold the two ends and put them together to make a circle. Twist it once and lay it down. Try it a couple times and you'll get it.
Leave in oven at 425 degrees (F) for 12 minutes.
In a small bowl melt your butter (by putting the butter on the stove or microwave) and mix the butter with the 2 tablespoons of honey. When the pretzel is done it the oven, take it out. Let it cool for a minute and brush some of the butter/honey over the warm pretzel.