Soft Pretzel Success

I was a bit skeptical about this pretzel recipe when I first saw it because of all the whole wheat in it. The last time I tried a recipe from the internet with so much whole wheat (it was for bread) it turned out terrible. I have to admit that much of the problem probably had more to do with the cook than the recipe. You've heard of rubber biscuits? Well, let me just say that a chunk of my bread could bounce! The results from this pretzel recipe though, were quite pleasing. Since this was my first time to make soft pretzels (yes, my first time) it took me a bit to get the size right. At first I used a bit too much dough per pretzel and they looked more like a big round honey bun. I made adjustments until they finally came out right. They were well received by my family and will definitely be a recipe that I will keep. I do have to say that they are a bit different in taste than the ones that I purchase sometimes, but the purchased ones are probably the ones with empty calories and no nutrition! So thanks to Heavenly Homemakers for the recipe.

By the way, my mom seemed to think that you could probably make bread with this same recipe. I'm thinking that it would probably make some good wheat rolls also ~ hopefully without the bounce!