Hot Pretzel Challah
jamiegeller.com · 2020 · 2 Servings
Against 173 soft pretzel recipes
More water than 91% of recipes and more yeast than 96%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 173 soft pretzel recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More water than 91% of recipes: 78% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 63%.
- More yeast than 96% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
- More sugar than 86% of recipes: 6.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2.4%, about 3 times as much.
- Less salt than 75% of recipes: 1.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.7%.
Ingredients (12)
- 2 tablespoons bread machine yeast or active dry yeast≈ 19 g
- 1 tablespoon sugar≈ 13 g
- ½ cup lukewarm water≈ 119 g
- 3 tablespoons sugar≈ 38 g
- 2 cups water≈ 474 g
- 1½ teaspoons fine sea salt≈ 9 g
- ¼ cup canola oil≈ 55 g
- 6 cups bread flour≈ 762 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 8 cups water at room temperature≈ 1896 g
- ⅔ cup baking soda≈ 192 g
- Pretzel salt (kosher salt, or sesame seeds)n/a
- Mustard (optional for dipping)n/a
flour 762 gbatter 1487 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.
- Water78% · 92nd percentile · median 63%
- Butter7.2% · 52nd percentile · median 7%
- Sugar6.6% · 86th percentile · median 2.4%
- Salt1.2% · 19th percentile · median 1.7%
- Yeast2.4% · 97th percentile · median 1.4%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 30 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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