• Add ingredients to your bread machine in the order listed above. Dry ingredients go last.
• Set the bread machine to the 'dough' setting.
• Once dough is finished, pour dough onto a lightly floured surface and divide into 6 sections.
• Roll each section into a long rope, at least 1 inch thick.
• Cut each rope into 1-2 inch pieces for your pretzel bites. Set Aside.

baking soda water bath

• Pour HOT or boiling water into a bowl.
• Add in your baking soda. Mix together.
• Using a large slotted spoon, dip the pretzel dough shapes into the water bath for 10-15 seconds. Using your spoon, place the pretzel on to your parchment-lined baking sheet. 
• Preheat oven to 350.
• brush each of the pretzels with 1 beaten egg + 1 tbsp of water (optional, an egg wash will give you that golden brown crust when baking) and sprinkle with coarse salt.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes.
• Finally, brush the tops of the baked pretzels with melted butter and serve warm with dipping sauce.

Making pretzels with a stand mixer or by hand

• Whisk the warm water and yeast together in the bowl of your stand mixer. Cover and allow to sit for 5 minutes. It should get nice and bubbly.
• To the bowl of the stand mixer with the dough hook attachment, add the flour and brown sugar. 
• Beat on low speed for 2 minutes. Alternatively, you can turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead the dough by hand for 5-10 minutes.
• Place the dough in a large mixing bowl that has been lightly greased.
• Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, or a wet tea towel. Let the dough rise at room temperature for 60-90 minutes, or until doubled in size.
• Continue with the same steps as mentioned in the bread machine recipe from here.