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Bretzels salés

Original in French

Rédaction · cuisine.journaldesfemmes.fr · 2025 · 15 personnes

Against 173 soft pretzel recipes

Less water than 98% of recipes and no sugar, unlike 82%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less water than 98% of recipes: 40% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 63%.
  • No sugar at all, where 82% of recipes use some (most of those 2.2 to 4.7% of the flour weight).
  • Less salt than 75% of recipes: 1.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.7%.
Water: 40%, 1st percentileButter: 6%, 43rd percentileSugar: 0%, 9th percentileSalt: 1.2%, 19th percentileYeast: 1.2%, 33rd percentileWaterButterSugarSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (10)

  • 20 cl eau froide≈ 200 g
  • 6 g sel fin6 g
  • 500 g farine de gruau500 g
  • 18 g levure fraîche de boulanger18 g
  • 30 g beurre doux mou30 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 50 cl eau≈ 501 g
  • 20 g bicarbonate de soude alimentaire20 g
  • fleur de seln/a
  • graine de pavotn/a
  • gruyère râpén/a

flour 500 gbatter 754 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.

  • Water40% · 1st percentile
  • Butter6% · 43rd percentile
  • Sugar0% · 9th percentile
  • Salt1.2% · 19th percentile
  • Yeast1.2% · 33rd percentile

Oven

Temperature
475°F / 245°C
median 425°F
Time
15 minutes
median 15 minutes

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