Homemade Pretzel Dogs
houseofnasheats.com · 2022 · 8 servings
Against 173 soft pretzel recipes
More water than 98% of recipes and more yeast than 97%.
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How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 173 soft pretzel recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More water than 98% of recipes: 84% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 63%.
- More yeast than 97% of recipes: 2.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
- No butter at all, where 79% of recipes use some (most of those 5.7 to 11% of the flour weight).
- More sugar than 80% of recipes: 4.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2.4%, about twice as much.
Ingredients (9)
- 1 cup warm water ((100-110°F))≈ 237 g
- 1 Tablespoon light brown sugar≈ 14 g
- 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast ((1 packet))≈ 7 g
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour≈ 281 g
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 4 g
- 8 hot dogsn/a
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1/4 cup baking soda≈ 72 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- Pretzel salt, flaky sea salt, or sesame seeds ((for garnish))n/a
flour 281 gbatter 543 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.
- Water84% · 99th percentile · median 63%
- Butter0% · 10th percentile · median 7%
- Sugar4.9% · 82nd percentile · median 2.4%
- Salt1.4% · 31st percentile · median 1.7%
- Yeast2.5% · 98th percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 400°F / 205°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 20 to 22 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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