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Nope, pretzels are made with lye (NaOH). That's how you get the tasty brown Maillard reaction coating - boil the dough in lye water, then bake, then salt it.
by kortex 5y ago
Nope, pretzels are made with lye (NaOH). That's how you get the tasty brown Maillard reaction coating - boil the dough in lye water, then bake, then salt it.
- skykooler 5y agoThough it doesn't have to be lye - you can use other less caustic bases, such as baking soda.