@coachmark2:
…. it tries to resolve against itself. Which hits the unbound service. Which sends requests out all interfaces by default. Which includes the pfSync interface. Which has no DNS servers. :( ....
It will also hit your WAN which should have a link to all these 12 (13 ?) root DNS servers ….
Normally, from what I understood, you should inform unbound which interface(s) are outbound, and which are 'local' or 'LAN' or inside (inbound)- so things will work right away.
Also, the WAN I use, pppoe, when connecting, will attribute 2 DNS servers from my ISP which unbound uses right away.
Anyway, whatever 'WAN' connection you offer to pfSense, unbound will do the job as advertised. To explain the "60 sec delay", you need something really bad in your network setup.