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Brezen

Original in German

Peter-M · gutekueche.at · 2018 · 20 Portionen

Against 173 soft pretzel recipes

Less water than 91% of recipes and less salt than 94%.

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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 91% of recipes: 50% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 63%.
  • Less salt than 94% of recipes: 0.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.7%, about half as much.
  • No butter at all, where 79% of recipes use some (most of those 5.7 to 11% of the flour weight).
  • No sugar at all, where 82% of recipes use some (most of those 2.2 to 4.7% of the flour weight).
Water: 50%, 8th percentileButter: 0%, 10th percentileSugar: 0%, 9th percentileSalt: 0.6%, 4th percentileYeast: 1.3%, 45th percentileWaterButterSugarSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 40 g Germ40 g
  • 1 kg Mehl (glatt)1000 g
  • 1 TL Salz≈ 6 g
  • 0.5 l Wasser≈ 501 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 2 EL Kümmel zum Bestreuen≈ 30 g
  • 1 EL Salz zum Bestreuen≈ 18 g

flour 1000 gbatter 1547 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.

  • Water50% · 8th percentile
  • Butter0% · 10th percentile
  • Sugar0% · 9th percentile
  • Salt0.6% · 4th percentile
  • Yeast1.3% · 45th percentile

Oven

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

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