GLUTEN FREE SOFT PRETZEL

Steps:

• Dissolve the yeast in 1/8 cup warm water. Stir in remaining warm water, brown sugar and flour. Bear until smooth. Knead until smooth and elastic.
• use hands to roll out dough into "snakes". Twist into traditional pretzel shape or braid.
• Heat oven to 475 degrees.
• Fill a saucepan with water. Pour in baking soda (2tbls to each cup of water in saucepan) and bring to a boil.
• Place twisted pretzel dough in water for 15 seconds until dough is golden or yellow in color. Then remove pretzel from boiling water and place on a salted cookie sheet. Salt top of pretzel too.
• Place cookie sheet with pretzels in the oven and bake for 8 to 10 minutes until pretzels are golden brown.