Giant Garlic Butter Soft Pretzel Rods

INGREDIENTS

4 cups

bread flour (1 pound 1 ounce, by weight)

1 tbsp

non-diastatic malt powder or sugar (preferably)

1 1/4 tsp

kosher salt

1 cup

whole milk

1/2 cup

hot tap water

2 tsp

SAF or instant yeast

2 qt

water

2 tbsp

baking soda

1 tbsp

brown sugar or sucanat

Coarse sea salt (kosher salt or pretzel salt)

4 tbsp

butter (or 1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic, melted, mixed with 1 clove garlic, peeled and minced)