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In a small bowl, stir together the yeast and the warm milk (around 110°F). Let sit for around 10 minutes or until the mixture is foamy.
In a stand mixer fixed with a bread hook (if you don't have a stand mixer, use a large bowl) add the 2 tbsp of melted butter, brown sugar, and the yeast/milk mixture then stir.
Then add in the flour and ½ tsp of salt and knead with a stand mixer or by hand for around 10 minutes. Knead until the dough is smooth and elastic. It should be easy to handle.
Cover and let the dough rise on your counter for around 1 hour or until doubled in size.
Preheat the oven to 450°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Punch down the down and divide it to shape your pretzels. You can either cut them into bite sized pieces for pretzel bites or cut off a chunk and roll it into very thin logs to shape for pretzels. You can make the pretzels however large or small that you want.
In a medium bowl, combine the baking soda and warm water together. Dip each pretzel into the water mixture then place the pretzels on a lined baking sheet.
Salt the pretzels with a coarse salt.*
Bake for around 7 minutes at 450℉ or until browned.
Melt 3 tbsp of butter and brush each pretzel after they are done baking and still hot.