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Sourdough Pretzel Buns

farmhouseonboone.com · 2023 · 10 buns

Against 173 soft pretzel recipes

No yeast, unlike 94% of recipes and more butter than 89%.

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How it compares

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

  • No yeast at all, where 94% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 1.7% of the flour weight).
  • More butter than 89% of recipes: 14% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 7%, about twice as much.
  • More salt than 87% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.7%.
  • Less water than 82% of recipes: 56% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 63%.
Water: 56%, 17th percentileButter: 14%, 90th percentileSugar: 1.9%, 34th percentileSalt: 2.4%, 92nd percentileYeast: 0%, 3rd percentileWaterButterSugarSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • ½ cup sourdough starter (active and bubbly (113 grams))113 g
  • 1 cup water (236 grams)236 g
  • 2 teaspoons sugar (8 grams)8 g
  • 1/4 cup butter (softened (57 grams))57 g
  • 2 teaspoons salt (10 grams)10 g
  • 3 cups unbleached all purpose flour (420 grams)420 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 8 cups water≈ 1896 g
  • 1/2 cup baking soda≈ 144 g

flour 420 gbatter 844 g

Baker's percentages

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

  • Water56% · 17th percentile
  • Butter14% · 90th percentile
  • Sugar1.9% · 34th percentile
  • Salt2.4% · 92nd percentile
  • Yeast0% · 3rd percentile

Oven

Temperature
425°F / 220°C
median 425°F
Time
120 minutes
median 15 minutes

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