Lenten Kitchen: Pretzel History and Vegan Soft Pretzel Recipes

Lenten Kitchen: Kosher, Vegan Pretzel Recipes Pretzels date back almost 14 centuries to an Italian monk, who while baking bread for Lent, twisted a roll of dough to resemble the 'sign of the cross', the prayer posture of Christians. Pretzels are a traditional Lenten bread. Here are pretzel recipes. Lenten pretzel recipes