Homemade Pretzels with Salted Cashew Nut

Ingredients for 6-8 pretzels
3 cups of all-purpose flour
1 cup of whole-wheat all-purpose flour
1 . 5 tsp of salt
1 small package of dry yeast (15 gr)
2 tbsp of sugar (I recommended to use brown sugar because it's naturally moister so it helps pretzels a bit softer and moister. However, I didn't have brown one so I used the white sugar. It turns good too).
2 tbsp of baking soda
1 . 5 cups of lukewarm water (for dissolving yeast)
2 cups of warm water (for dissolving baking soda)
3 tbsp of butter, melted
30 grams of salted cashew nut, ground

How to make

1. Stir and dissolve yeast in 1 . 5 cups of lukewarm water.
2. Add salt and sugar in and keep stirring to dissolve.
3. Add both flour in and knead the battle until it become a smooth dough.
4. Cover the dough with the plastic film and let it rise for half an hour.
5. Stir and mix baking soda in 2 cups of warm water. Set aside. 
6. After dough is ready, knead and divide dough into balls. You can decide to have 6 big preztels or 8 medium preztels.
7. Preheat oven to 230C. 
   
8. Roll each ball into a long line with about 1 . 5 cm thickness, and make a pretzel shape. My rolling was still too thick about 2 cm.
9. Stir the dissolved water of baking soda before using. Dip each pretzel and place on baking tray with a baking sheet. Each pretzel could be a bit sticky and unshaped. But it is easy to fix the shape again on the baking tray.
10. Let's wait for about 5 minutes so the pretzels can rise a bit more.
11. Bake for 10 minutes.
12. After baking, brush melted butter on both sides of each pretzel.
13. Put the ground salted cashew nut in a big bowl where you can dip each whole pretzel. Sprinkle it on over the pretzel. Time to yummy!

I adjusted the recipes from www.food.com: Auntie Anne's Pretzels - Copycat