Pretzel Bun Recipe
bakingamoment.com · 2023 · 6
Against 173 soft pretzel recipes
More water than 91% of recipes and more butter than 92%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 173 soft pretzel recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More water than 91% of recipes: 78% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 63%.
- More butter than 92% of recipes: 15% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 7%, about twice as much.
- More sugar than 92% of recipes: 11% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2.4%, about 4.5 times as much.
- Less salt than 91% of recipes: 0.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.7%, about half as much.
Ingredients (10)
- 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar≈ 41 g
- 1/4 cup warm water≈ 59 g
- 1/4 ounce active dry yeast ((approx. 2 teaspoons))7 g
- 3 cups bread flour ((approx.))≈ 381 g
- 3/4 teaspoons kosher salt (plus extra for garnish)≈ 3 g
- 1 cup beer ((or water))≈ 237 g
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter (melted)≈ 57 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- egg wash ((1 large egg whisked with 2 teaspoons or so of water))n/a
- water (for boiling)n/a
- 1/3 cup baking soda≈ 96 g
flour 381 gbatter 786 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.
- Water78% · 92nd percentile · median 63%
- Butter15% · 93rd percentile · median 7%
- Sugar11% · 93rd percentile · median 2.4%
- Salt0.8% · 7th percentile · median 1.7%
- Yeast1.9% · 86th percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 35 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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