Our pretzel making process
- The dough is mixed then taken onto a cart to the rolling table
- The dough is kneaded and cut
- The dough is rolled into log-shaped pieces
- The dough logs are run through a cutter which scores the dough into individual pieces
- The pretzel rollers tear off one piece of dough at a time and roll it to about 12 inches long
- In three swift moves, the pretzel rollers twist the dough into the pretzel shape
- The formed pretzels are placed onto a wooden board
- The board is filled and carried and placed onto a rack
- While on the rack, the pretzels are allowed to rise naturally
- The pretzels are cooked in a hot soda bath until they rise to the top
- Salt is placed on a long-handled board called a peel
- Pretzels are placed onto the peel upside down
- A full peel is slid into the oven and then dumped so that the pretzels are salt-side up
- The pretzels travel circularly through the oven on a soapstone hearth to bake the outside of the pretzel
- The pretzels then move into a drying oven to slowly remove the moisture from inside the pretzel
- The finished pretzels are packaged into various containers and are ready for delivery
PLEASE NOTE: while you are able to see parts of our production line while shopping in the store, we do not offer tours of the bakery.