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Gluten Free Honey Butter Pretzels

jamiegeller.com · 2015 · 8 Servings

Against 173 soft pretzel recipes

More butter than 89% of recipes and less water than 81%.

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How it compares

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

  • More butter than 89% of recipes: 14% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 7%, about twice as much.
  • Less water than 81% of recipes: 56% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 63%.
  • Yeast in the middle half of recipes: 1.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
Water: 56%, 18th percentileButter: 14%, 89th percentileSugar: 3.5%, 69th percentileSalt: 1.4%, 31st percentileYeast: 1.7%, 77th percentileWaterButterSugarSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 1 package active dry yeast≈ 7 g
  • 1 cup warm water (105° to 115°; I used a candy thermometer to measure my temp)≈ 237 g
  • 1 tablespoon plus ½ teaspoon sugar (divided)≈ 15 g
  • 3 cups all-purpose gluten-free flour (divided)≈ 420 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoon xanthan gum≈ 4.9 g
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (softened (plus extra melted butter for topping))≈ 57 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 4 cups water≈ 948 g
  • 2 tablespoons baking soda≈ 36 g
  • Coarse saltn/a
  • Honey for drizzling (I love local honey if you can find it)n/a

flour 420 gbatter 746 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.

  • Water56% · 18th percentile
  • Butter14% · 89th percentile
  • Sugar3.5% · 69th percentile
  • Salt1.4% · 31st percentile
  • Yeast1.7% · 77th percentile

Oven

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

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