I made Pretzels for the first time last Saturday and they turned out ok.  I had to throw out the first batch because I added the butter in late and thought that 16 oz was a lb.  So I had way too much flour.   The second batch was good but I still had too much flour.  And, I don’t think I will be making them again unless I really know what I am doing.  Landon helped me shape them.  Even the messed up batch tasted like a pretzel.