I posted a question on the preztle recipe thread, but thought this was more appropriate place.

 I have tried to make pretzels but the problem I have is that when I put the dough into the boiling water, it instantly started to turn into noodle--soggy and messy.

 Then when I tried to bake them (thinking "Well, these are the instructions, that must be what it is supposed to do") it was exactly as successful as baking a giant soggy noddle might be--namely UNsuccessful.

Is y'all's dough just REALLY stiff?  Air dried slightly so that there is a skin?  How do you get it to hold up to the boiling water?  Even the quickest dip resulted in the outside misshaping and "noodling".

I love hot pretzels...got the butter and the salt...now I need the bread!  Thanks for your help! :-)