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Mmmm...Pretzel Bread
CHICAGO (AP) -- The smell of freshly baked bread wafts through Hannah's Bretzel in downtown Chicago where the ovens are lined with rows of pretzel bread loaves.

Customers say they're drawn in by the soft and salty bread. Meanwhile, baking experts say pretzel bread is growing in popularity, popping up on menus and in sandwich orders from California bakeries to New York restaurants.

The centuries-old chewy German bread has a doughy consistency and salted crust.

Tom Vaccaro is senior director of baking and pastries at the Culinary Institute of America. Vaccaro says pretzel bread "has a great crumb and texture and a great flavor."

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