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Soft Pretzels Are So Easy To Make At Home! I Bet You Already Have The Ingredients

12tomatoes.com · 2013

Against 173 soft pretzel recipes

More butter than 81% of recipes and more water than 75%.

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How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 173 soft pretzel recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More butter than 81% of recipes: 11% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 7%.
  • More water than 75% of recipes: 71% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 63%.
  • Less sugar than 78% of recipes: 0.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2.4%, about half as much.
  • Less salt than 75% of recipes: 1.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.7%.
Water: 71%, 78th percentileButter: 11%, 82nd percentileSugar: 0.8%, 21st percentileSalt: 1.2%, 19th percentileYeast: 1.4%, 59th percentileWaterButterSugarSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 1 1/2 cups warm water≈ 356 g
  • 1 packet active instant yeast (1 1/4 teaspoons)≈ 7 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoon granulated sugar≈ 4.2 g
  • 2 ounces unsalted butter, melted57 g
  • 4 cups flour≈ 500 g
  • vegetable oiln/a

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 10 cups water≈ 2370 g
  • 2/3 cup baking soda≈ 192 g
  • 1 large egg yolk, beaten≈ 18 g
  • coarse sea salt for sprinklingn/a

flour 500 gbatter 929 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 173 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Water71% · 78th percentile
  • Butter11% · 82nd percentile
  • Sugar0.8% · 21st percentile
  • Salt1.2% · 19th percentile
  • Yeast1.4% · 59th percentile

Oven

Temperature
450°F / 230°C
median 425°F
Time
12 to 14 minutes
median 15 minutes

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