Transform Canned Biscuits Into Soft Pretzel Bread In A Few Simple Steps

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Transform Canned Biscuits Into Soft Pretzel Bread In A Few Simple Steps By Garrett Palm Oct. 11, 2025 3:39 pm EST

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If you want to bring a little pretzel-ness to your morning egg sandwich, or make a homemade warm pretzel for game day, you don't have to make it a whole production with dangerous lye water and hours of waiting for yeasted dough to rise. There's also no real need to dip the dough into boiling water with baking soda. Yes, using lye or baking soda and boiling water will get you closer to a traditional pretzel, but you can coat your dough with a solution of hot water and baking soda to give it a pretzely flavor and crunch.

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