Faux Auntie Anne's Pretzels

Quick And Easy Buttery Hot Pretzels!

Ingredients:

1 can Pillsbury Simply Crusty French bread dough
2 cups warm water
2 teaspoons sugar
2 Tablespoons baking soda
Sea salt or Kosher salt to taste
Pinch of sugar
4 Tablespoons melted butter

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Cut dough into 6 to 8 pieces.  Roll each piece into a long rope.  Twist each rope into a classic pretzel shape.

Mix 2 cups water, 2 t sugar, and 2 T baking soda together in a shallow dish.  Dip each pretzel in the baking soda solution.  Sprinkle each pretzel with sea salt.

Place pretzels on parchment lined baking sheets.  Bake in 400 degree oven for 12 to 15 minutes until golden brown.  Mix pinch of sugar into melted butter and brush each baked pretzel liberally with melted butter.  Serve warm.