Many chain restaurants have now added soft pretzel bread sticks to their menus with various sauces. They won't tell you this, but many restaurants use their white bread dough and not a special "secret recipe". The difference lies in what you do with the dough. The yummy flavor and texture is the result of a quick, 15 second bath in hot baking soda water, then you bake them. (Look carefully at your favorite mall food court pretzel shop; you'll see the large pots of boiling wa...
