Reply To: What beracha do you make on a hot pretzel?

I believe Rav Schachter and Rav Sobolofsky both point out that if you make a Mezonos on 1 slice of pizza then you have to make Hamotzi on a soft pretzel. (Though their explanation was not quite Muchrach to me, I will admit.) If I recall correctly from when I looked into this, a pretzel is scalded in water like a bagel before baking, but pretzels are scalded for a bit longer. The question, in my opinion, will be if that scalding is long enough to make it Mezonos even if it is baked after.