• Sprinkle yeast on lukewarm water in a mixing bowl; stir to dissolve.
• Add brown sugar and salt, and stir to dissolve; add the bread flour and regular flour and knead the dough until smooth and elastic.
• Let the dough rise for at least 30 minutes.
• While the dough is rising, prepare a baking soda water bath with 2 cups warm water and 2 tbsp. baking soda.
• Stir often.
• After the dough has risen, pinch off bits of dough and roll into a long rope (about 1/2 inch or less thick) and shape into pretzels.
• Dip each pretzel into the soda solution and place on a greased baking sheet.
• Allow the pretzels to rise again.
• Bake in a 450°F oven for about 10 minutes or until golden brown.
• Brush with melted butter and enjoy!

Toppings:

• For classic salted pretzels, sprinkle with coarse salt after brushing with butter.
• For Auntie Anne’s famous cinnamon sugar pretzels, melt a stick of butter in a shallow bowl (big enough to fit the entire pretzel) and in another bowl, make a mixture of cinnamon and sugar.
• Dip the pretzel into the butter, coating both sides generously, then dip again into the cinnamon mixture.