Pretzel is a type of German biscuit. It is brittle and twisted, with a glazed, salted surface. According to tradition, the first pretzels were made in the early 600’s by European monks as a reward for children who learned their prayers. The original pretzel’s shape represented the crossed arms of a child praying. The first commercial pretzel bakery in the United States opened in Lititz, Pennsylvania, in 1861.
