Ingredients

3/4

cup regular or nonalcoholic beer

1/3

cup water

2

tablespoons butter or margarine, softened

3

cups bread flour

1

tablespoon packed brown sugar

1

teaspoon ground mustard

1

teaspoon salt

1 1/2

teaspoons bread machine yeast

1/2

cup bite-size pretzel pieces, about 1x3/4 inch, or pretzel rods, cut into 1-inch pieces

1

cup regular or nonalcoholic beer

1/2

cup water

3

tablespoons butter or margarine, softened

4

cups bread flour

1

tablespoon packed brown sugar

1

teaspoon ground mustard

1 1/2

teaspoons salt

1 3/4

teaspoons bread machine yeast

3/4

cup bite-size pretzel pieces, about 1x3/4 inch, or pretzel rods, cut into 1-inch pieces

Preparation

Make 1 1/2-pound recipe with bread machines that use 3 cups flour, or make 2-pound recipe with bread machines that use 4 cups flour.

Measure carefully, placing all ingredients except pretzels in bread machine pan in order recommended by manufacturer.

Select Basic/White cycle (do not use delay cycle). Use Medium or Light crust color. Follow manufacturer’s directions for starting machine.

Add pretzels at the beep signal or 5 minutes before the last kneading cycle ends. Remove baked bread from pan; cool on cooling rack.