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Laugenbrezel

Original in German

backenmachtgluecklich.de · 2025 · 10 Stück

Against 173 soft pretzel recipes

Less sugar than 80% of recipes and less salt 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.

  • Less sugar than 80% of recipes: 0.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2.4%, under a third as much.
  • Less salt than 75% of recipes: 1.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.7%.
Water: 61%, 36th percentileButter: 8%, 58th percentileSugar: 0.4%, 19th percentileSalt: 1.2%, 19th percentileYeast: 1.4%, 59th percentileWaterButterSugarSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 21 Gramm frische Hefe (oder 7g Trockenhefe)21 g
  • 150 Milliliter Wasser (lauwarm)≈ 150 g
  • 1/2 Teelöffel Zucker≈ 2.1 g
  • 500 Gramm Weizenmehl500 g
  • 150 Milliliter Milch (lauwarm, grobe Menge)≈ 155 g
  • 40 Gramm Butter (weich)40 g
  • 1 Teelöffel Salz≈ 6 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 30 Gramm Speisenatron (z.B. Kaiser Natron)30 g
  • 70 Milliliter Milch≈ 72 g

flour 500 gbatter 874 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.

  • Water61% · 36th percentile
  • Butter8% · 58th percentile
  • Sugar0.4% · 19th percentile
  • Salt1.2% · 19th percentile
  • Yeast1.4% · 59th percentile

Oven

Temperature
400°F / 205°C
median 425°F
Time
15 minutes
median 15 minutes

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